A Prayer for Childlike Faith

Father, I have made faith so complicated. I have wrapped it in worry and analysis, turning what was meant to be simple trust into a knot I keep trying to think my way out of.

I confess I have lost the easy confidence I once had, the kind a child carries when they reach for a parent's hand without wondering whether the hand will be there.

So I want to come to You like that again. Not with all my defenses and clever doubts, but small and trusting, sure of Your goodness the way a child is sure of home.

Strip away the cynicism that has crusted over my heart. Give me back the wide eyes, the willingness to believe, the rest that comes from knowing I am held by Someone bigger.

You said that unless I become like a little child, I cannot enter Your kingdom, that the smallest and most trusting are the closest to Your heart.

So make me childlike again, Lord. Let me climb into Your lap with my whole weight and simply trust that You have me, the way I did before I learned to be afraid. Amen.