day yum

had pride.

prided myself because i did receive the kingdom as a little child.  that was good, so i thought, because of all the references to the beauty of children and the child-like faith.  i became a sponge.  a sham wow if you will.

so, while i was busy holding twelve times my weight in liquid, what happened?  i held 12 times my weight in liquid!  sham wows are CLEANSING products (not liquid holding products), all sponges are!  

Duh.

so, although the properties of the material itself lend toward absorption, it is the cleansing power of the sponge that makes it truly a valuable product and a powerful metaphor for children, instead of some stale cleeshay.

so, what now?

of course humility; but, a humility that acknowledges lessons learned.  a humble walk that does not deny its past but walks boldly into its jeremiah 29:11 because of Him, not because of me.  a humble walk that turns anger into quiet strength and pride into greater knowledge and deeper wisdom.

a humility that still believes in the beauty of the babies, but acknowledges that i am not one.

i am just a child.