In The Eyes of A Child

Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of you heart will also be- Matthew 6:21


I've overlooked this verse so many times. I looked at it for years thinking it only meant my treasure stored in heaven. But it means the desires of my heart are the same place my treasures are. And my treasure is serving people. My treasure is raising children in church and watching them grow into young leaders ready to take on the world and fall in love with their savior. My treasure is knowing that a child can go from completely angered to a sweet and loving human being through faith and love. My treasure is love and care for children who don't know what it means to be hugged and squeezed, tickled until the can't breathe, kissed millions of times, or held in loving arms. My treasure is taking in every wise word from an innocent child.

This is my treasure because five years ago I had absolutely no love for children. My heart was not open and hard toward children. I would say that I never wanted to have kids and I would find something better to do with my life. I saw them as a waste of energy and time. They were ignorant and needy. I would not go near a child. But God wasn't going to have that. He literally shoved me through the door of taking the opportunity to take on the job of working in childcare.

Now I don't see myself doing anything else than working with children. Being a mother to the motherless, giving orphans a family, loving all of them until they feel they will burst. Watching them bloom from tiny buds that could do nothing except stay pinched up in the sun's protection into radiant flowers that spread their arms to greet the world with a colorful expression no one can deny. Opening their arms to Jesus and letting Him fill their lives.

This would not be a treasure if I didn't find each child valuable. Children are the future; they're the ones who fill in our spaces that we missed and do even greater things than these. They are each unique and have different smiles and talents to brighten your day and feed their nation. My love for these children is abounding and stretches across my heart. They have taught me the true meaning of joy and love. I believe for these kids. No one else is believing for them. We believe for ourselves and our generation. But the next is so much more important because they're learning from us. A child longs to learn.

This would not be my treasure if God wouldn't have cracked open my heart and turned my eyes to the eyes of a child. It's my heart's desires meet my treasure. In the eyes of a child.