Be a child of God

"Our heavenly Father knows the circumstances we are in, and if we keep concentrated on Him we will grow spiritually as the lilies." (Oswald Chambers, from My Utmost for His Highest). I know how to make things happen - planning, preparation, execution, follow up. But the trouble is that I cannot force "being." I am a child of my parents. I did not make that happen. I just am. Nothing can change that. A plant is just a plant. It is true of all natural things. Trees. Mountains. Bees. Clouds. Stars. And so am I a child of God. It is not the be forced. Being not doing is the course of life in God's great story. I'm tempted to reduce life by systematizing goodness. That is not the way. The way is much more natural than that. I see it as this: be a child of God. BE. Exist as you are. Do not try to make yourself what you are not. Unforced rhythms flow from pre-existent essence. A. Each one is part of creation. The great song of All things requires every note to sound. Yet, no one note is greater or complete apart from the composition. CHILD. The child grows. This child is. There is not fault in being a child. On the contrary, children are wide-eyes in wonder. Ever curious and growing. A task for we mere adults is to recover the best of being a child. OF. You do not belong to yourself. In the real scheme of things we belong to God, Creator, as part of Creation. A timely question to ask of myself is "Who am I of." GOD. God is God and that is a very natural thing. There is no trying to impress or conform. Creator is the very centrality of all things. Life Goodness. Beauty. They all begin in God.