Faith like a Child

About a month ago my family went to a concert for a group called the Annie Moses Band (Check them out!) at a church here in town. It was a fun time, and Beth even danced in the aisles for a few of the songs. After the concert was over, they told us that rather than just buying a CD from them, they would be giving away their CDs to anyone who would sponsor a child through Holt International. Michelle and I discussed it and we decided to go look at their table. As I was holding Beth, she spied a picture of a little girl who was only a month younger than her and said, "That one's mine." So we signed up to sponsor little Rebecca from the Philippines. Her packet told us that she had been born to a 14 year old mother who couldn't take care of her and had been given up for adoption.
Fast forward to yesterday when we got a more detailed packet with some more pictures of Rebecca from Holt. One picture was big enough that we decided to hang it up in Beth's room. So I took Beth in and told her how this little girl's mama couldn't take care of her and so we were going to help her. Beth looked at the picture then turned to me and said, "I want help. I share my toys." I don't know where my daughter learned this, but I'm so glad she has. She has such a sweet heart and cares deeply for people. She reminds me what I'm supposed to be doing.
The reason I titled this post "Faith like a Child" is because I truly believe that what Beth showed me last night is part of what Christ was talking about. Matthew 18:1- 4 "At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." Now obviously He was also talking about the simple trust that children have of their parents, and the way a child rarely has boastful pride, but I think the care of children is a part of it too. My daughter has a strong sense of what's "right" in her world. She will tell you all about the toys that are hers, and sometimes will even get a little bossy when telling you not to play with them because she wants to do so. But hearing her be willing to share with this little girl, worlds away, whom she has never even met, just melted my heart. We're supposed to be teaching our children, but last night Beth reminded me that "God so loved the world," and that we should too. The episode also reminded Michelle and I of another little kid with a big heart, Beth's cousin Levi. When he wasn't much older than Beth is now, he wanted to give his piggy bank to Gospel for Asia to send them Bibles because they didn't have any. The heart these two have for people just floors me again and again. Lord give me that heart.