When was the last time you tried to see the world through a child’s eyes? I once spoke with a gentleman in the amusement park industry who occasionally toured the park with his grandchildren. He told me that when you walk through with a child, you notice things you’d otherwise miss. Their perspective opens a whole new sense of wonder.

As adults, wonder is something we lose too easily. Life gets busy. Schedules fill up. One child needs to be here, another there. Before long, we no longer take the time to stop and notice beauty. Even in Branson, people arrive in awe of the hills, but after a year, that sense of wonder fades.

The same can happen with our faith. Think back to when you first heard the stories of Jesus. The awe. The amazement. The wonder of God’s love on display. But then life happens. We begin to rationalize, wrestle with Scripture, and sometimes lose focus on the gift it is meant to be. John reminds us at the end of his Gospel:
“Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name” (John 20:30–31).

Jesus Himself pointed to the value of a childlike faith. When the disciples tried to turn children away, Jesus said, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children”(Matthew 19:14). Children have a unique ability to receive God’s blessings with openness and wonder.

At Faith Lutheran School, children experience that blessing every day. They encounter Jesus in the classroom and see His love through the words and actions of those around them. Their childlike faith, full of awe and wonder, is on display daily. Our prayer is that as the Gospel transforms their hearts and minds, they will never lose that sense of amazement—that the God of the universe loves them deeply and personally.

I pray the same for you as well.