Little Bitty Bites

Yesterday, as Summer, Titus and I sat in the grass and watched Easton at his soccer practice, I observed something that got me to thinking.

Sweet LITTLE Will sat so peacefully, watching everything that was going on around him for about 30 minutes and then, his LITTLE tummy got hungry and he let us know about it! One LITTLE BITTY BITE at a time, Will polished off two jars of baby food.

Here I go again, but visuals throughout the day, ALWAYS have some sort of spirtual meaning to me. Or at least, I always seem to see one!

Some 10-12 years ago, an older Christian man and I were having a conversation about the Lord. The conversation began to revolve around how deep our relationships with Christ can go...which is basically as deep as WE want them to go. I was expressing to him my desire to get "all of God" that I could and for me that meant that I was open to anything HE had for me, whatever that may involve.

I shall never forget his comment to me. He said, "I've got all of God I want. I don't need any more. I'm just fine where I'm at."

MAN OH MAN....literally, when I heard him speak those words, I stood almost in shock that an older Christian man could/would even say that. I think my lower jaw dropped open. I was appalled, truly, I was just appalled.

It seems that some, possibly many Christians, are simply satisfied with only the LITTLE BITTY BITES of Jesus that they have taken. They don't want a second helping, they don't want a bigger helping and they surely don't want more. Their LITTLE BITTY BITES satisfy their hunger aplenty. They don't want to dig deep into the things of God because they're afraid of what they might find there. They're afraid that the deeper things of God might make them confront themselves and then they would have to do something about it. For many, they just cannot face it or choose not to. How sad.

Hmmmmmmmmm.....I don't mean to sound critical because I too remember being afraid to dig deeper within myself. BUT...what I found there, deep within.....was Jesus.....He was waiting there for me....waiting to help me face those things about myself and grow in my faith in Him. LITTLE BITTY BITES aren't enough for me anymore.

"Dear Father....I want ALL of you I can spiritually digest. LITTLE BITTY BITES are a thing of the past....I want ALL, every bit of You that I can have. I don't want to ever quit going deeper in my faith with you. I want it ALL! I love you Jesus."