One of the greatest parts of being a mother, are the many lessons about God that our children are able to teach us. My 15-month-old daughter has this beautiful way of bringing so many scriptures to life for me, and she has no idea that she does it.

Matthew 6:25-26 "Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather in barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?"

God tells us not to worry about our needs being met, for He is in control. Yet many of us are constantly worried about bills being paid, our jobs being secure, our cars not breaking down, etc. Sometimes those worries try to rise up in me as well but then I take a look at my daughter ... she doesn't have a care in the world. Yes, she gets hungry and thirsty.

Yes, she needs clothes to wear and a place to rest her head. But that doesn't keep her up at night or keep her from being the happiest little baby ever. She knows that her needs are going to be met, so she doesn't have to take on that burden. If only we trusted God, the way our children trust their mothers (and fathers).

Matthew 17:20 "If you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you."

Often times, God will direct us to do something but we allow fear to stop us from moving in it. We have all kinds of excuses like not being qualified to do it or simply being fearful of the unknown. It happens to most everyone at some point. These days when fear tries to grab me ... I take another look at my daughter, who seems fearless to me.

I think about when she was learning to take her first steps. She could have thought to herself, "I've never walked before so I better not try to walk now." But instead she (like most babies) has that innate trait that pushes them to try almost anything (including those things we wish they wouldn't).

Watching her try so many different things without hesitation is a constant reminder to me of how my "faith walk" should look. If I can only step out with the same confidence that she does, I might be surprised at how far my faith can take me and how many wonderful things I could accomplish.

When I truly learn how to put all my trust in God in the same manner that she puts her trust in me ... confident that I would never do anything to intentionally hurt her ...my relationship with God would soar to levels I never thought possible.

So as we celebrate Mother's Day, lets also take the time to thank God for sending us "scriptures in motion" through our children, or just the kids around us.

Founder and president of The Master Plan, Tanya James is the author of From Promiscuity to Proverbs 31: Getting Off the Fence of Sexual Immorality. For more information about Tanya, log onto www.armedanddangerous.biz or www.themasterplan.biz. *Tanya James is a 2009 StreamingFaith.com Guest Columnist.

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