The Girl With The Apron

First, I apologize for taking so long to update. I've been busy! So what's about to follow are just some random ramblings that are going through my head right now.

There's a girl here in the youngest class at school. She's about 16 years old, but looks about 13. She is absolutely adorable. Her birthday was a few days ago and the only thing she wanted was a kitchen apron. I have no idea why, but that's what she wanted. This past weekend, there was a small get-together at her dorm, and as it is custom to do on special occasions in Korea, the girl got up and sang a song for everyone. Last night, I was shown a video of this. It was just the girl, with her new apron on, singing a song about Jesus. Her voice wasn't beautiful. Nothing special. But she stood there in her apron, hands in the pockets, singing with all she had about Jesus. I didn't understand much of the song, but it didn't matter. I could see the words written all over her face. I haven't been able to get seeing that video out of my head. Today, someone played the video again, and it hit me, this little girl with the apron, singing to the Lord is such a clear and simple vision of the Kingdom of Heaven. Just a girl, in all her innocence, in complete purity, singing a simple song of praise. It was one of the most worshipful, beautiful things I've seen.

Last night, I realized that I make my relationship with God too complicated. I place too much theology, stipulation, and rules on it. I clutter things with complexities that only condemn me in the end. I don't believe that's what our relationship with God is supposed to be. Sure, a relationship with the Almighty is hard sometimes. But the thing is, the Lord calls us to intimacy with him, the intimacy that is birthed from simply spending time with him. Simply being with him. Out of that intimacy is what all other spiritual acts grow out of. God doesn't intend for us to construct a theology, a system, a list of rules to govern our relationship with him. He just wants us to come to him. He'll make the path straight for us.

^"He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." -Matthew 18: 2-4

God calls us to take the "lowly position" of a child. A child is innocent, simple, obedient, worry-less. That's how we are supposed to be. Systems, theology, education and such is nice, but at the end of the day, you've just got to put your apron on and sing a simple song to the Lord.