Friday night, my husband was out and I was home with the girls. In the winter, we like to have a fire burning in our house, but I don’t really have much to do with it. My husband usually builds it and keeps it going for us. The girls and I were watching a movie and Bekah noticed the fire had died. She asked me if I could get it going again. I said I would try and proceeded to poke it and put some more sticks in there. For a minute, it did come back up, and then after a little while, it died again. Once again, Bekah noted to me that it had died. I said that I supposed we would have to do without it unless God wanted to bring it back for us. In just a couple of minutes, Bekah excitedly yelled, “Look Mom! God gave us a fire!” Sure enough, we had a beautiful and  big fire again that lasted until long after we went to bed. I can’t honestly say I prayed for God to bring that fire back. I made my statement without even asking if He would. Bekah asked though; she asked and she believed. You know, the Bible says we need faith like a child. I wonder what would happen if we had that kind of faith when we prayed? Needless to say, I went to bed thanking God for allowing me to teach faith to my child through something as simple as a fire. Here are the lyrics to the Jars of Clay song, entitled “Faith Like A Child”:

Dear God, surround me as I speak,
the bridges that I walk across are weak
Frustrations fill the void that I can’t solely bear.

Dear God, don’t let me fall apart
you’ve held me close to you
I have turned away and searched
for answers I can’t understand.

Chorus:
They say that I can move the mountains
And send them falling to the sea
They say that I can walk on water
If I would follow and believe with Faith Like a Child

Sometimes, when I feel miles away
and my eyes can’t see your face
I wonder if I’ve grown to lose the
recklessness I walked in light of you

Chorus

They say that I can move the mountains
And send them crashing to the sea
They say that I can walk on water
If I would follow and believe
with Faith Like a Child

They say that love can heal the broken
They say that hope can make you see
They say that faith can find a Savior
If you would follow and believe
With Faith Like a Child