"Becometh as a Little Child"

Hello Everyone!

This week’s topic was about how we should become as little children.

In Matthew 18:3-4 it says,

“And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”

In D&C 78:17-18 it says,

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, ye are little children, and ye have not as yet understood how great blessings the Father hath in his own hands and prepared for you; And ye cannot bear all things now; nevertheless, be of good cheer, for I will lead you along. The kingdom is yours and the blessings thereof are yours, and the riches of eternity are yours.”

We should be as little children but why a little child?

Children are humble and like a child we do not understand everything. Children cannot bear heavy loads and we should be like them and not have to have that burden. So if we are humble and meek like a little child that is when we can go unto the Lord and enter into the kingdom of heaven.

How does the Lord say that He will help us?

He tells us that that we should be of good cheer because He will guide us along. When I think of that I think of a little kid in an amusement park that is super happy to go on all the rides but is holding back because she doesn’t know what to do or where to go but Christ, like her parents, will walk with her hand in hand to all the places she will go and the experiences she will have. Christ will always be there with us.

In Mosiah 3:19 it reads,

“For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father.”

We can become like little children when we put off the natural man and repent through the Atonement. We can be as a child when we become submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, and having a willingness to go through trials and experiences.

Being as a little child is something that will help us to learn and grow by listening to what is best for us and being humble enough to do what we should do and what we know is right.