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Mat 18:2 Calling a little child forward, Jesus had him stand among them. Then he said,
"Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven."
A Childs Faith
"Jesus loves me, this I know,
for the BIBLE tells me so"
Little children ask no more,
For love is all they're looking for.
And in a small child's shining eyes
The FAITH of all the ages lies-
And tiny hands and tousled heads
That kneel in prayer by little beds
Are closer to the dear Lord's heart
And of His Kingdom more a part
Than we who search, and never find,
The answers to our questioning mind
or FAITH in things we cannot see
Requires a child's simplicity
For, lost in life's complexities.
We drift upon uncharted seas
And slowly FAITH disintegrates
While wealth and power accumulates-
And the more man learns, the less he knows,
and the more involved his thinking grows
and , in his arrogance and pride,
No longer is man satisfied
To place his confidence and love
With childlike FAITH in God above-
Oh, Father, grant once more to men
A simple childlike FAITH again
And, with a small child's Trusting eyes,
May all men come to realize
That Faith alone can save man's soul
And lead him to a higher goal.
-Helen Steiner Rice
"Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven."
A Childs Faith
"Jesus loves me, this I know,
for the BIBLE tells me so"
Little children ask no more,
For love is all they're looking for.
And in a small child's shining eyes
The FAITH of all the ages lies-
And tiny hands and tousled heads
That kneel in prayer by little beds
Are closer to the dear Lord's heart
And of His Kingdom more a part
Than we who search, and never find,
The answers to our questioning mind
or FAITH in things we cannot see
Requires a child's simplicity
For, lost in life's complexities.
We drift upon uncharted seas
And slowly FAITH disintegrates
While wealth and power accumulates-
And the more man learns, the less he knows,
and the more involved his thinking grows
and , in his arrogance and pride,
No longer is man satisfied
To place his confidence and love
With childlike FAITH in God above-
Oh, Father, grant once more to men
A simple childlike FAITH again
And, with a small child's Trusting eyes,
May all men come to realize
That Faith alone can save man's soul
And lead him to a higher goal.
-Helen Steiner Rice
