I recently returned from an expedition to that magical land “where dreams come true” in central Florida. My first day there I observed a little boy I estimate to be six years old who was being reprimanded a little by his father for being too excited. I had been watching the boy and he was so charged up to experience this special world that he couldn’t contain himself. I made the comment to the grandfather, that we spend the rest of our lives trying to get back to that spirit of a child.

Days after that statement, I found myself continuing to think about it. Why do grownups stop dreaming of the impossible? Why do lands of fairies, pirates and heroes seem to fade away and are replaced by responsibility, taxes and mortgages. What happens to us, as we mature, that stops believing in the impossible?

I see the impact of this question on the spiritual level. When we do not believe in the impossible we also stop believing that God can do the impossible.

“With God all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26)

Ok, I’m not talking about you becoming a princess, but God sees you as a princess. Or maybe you will not slay the evil dragon, but I see that dragon on a daily basis and he is slain by the power of God. I believe that many people are experiencing a crisis of belief. I hesitate to call it a crisis of faith because one cannot have faith (trust in action) if they do not believe first. People get bound by this world and its troubles and forget that this world is temporary and will pass away. That God is bigger than the boogieman and we can believe that God can, and will do, what seems to be impossible.

The danger of a crisis of belief is that one cannot see past their circumstances, to imagine the impossible. The spiritual blindness prohibits them from imagining what God can do.

A child doesn’t have much difficulty employing their imagination given the freedom to do so and yet, as adults we don’t take time to foster times of “child’s play,” make believe and time for dreams and stories.

I believe that killing off this part of the mind also kills off elements of faith and free thinking and certainly creativity. Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 18:3)

A child knows how to trust. A child knows how to rest, and a child believes when someone in authority tells them something.

So what do you believe when you hear the words, “I have loved you with an everlasting love,”? (Jeremiah 31:3)

Do you believe that God loves you like He says, or are you still trying to earn his love, or that He has withheld it from you for some reason? Logically we want to trust what the Bible says, but what does your soul believe? How about a child napping in their father’s arms? Can you truly relax and enjoy rest in the Father’s arms? “My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him.” (Psalm 62:1)

How are you resting? Who are you trusting? Never stop believing in the impossible…dreams do come true. It’s all a matter of Who you place your trust in.