Naked Truth

"Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame"- Genesis 2:25 (NIV).

Children are so innocent. It was a real challenge to keep my youngest daughter in her bathing suit at the beach. The bathing suit felt confining, and being only two and a half years old, it was logical to take it off. By the time the struggle ended, she and I, had compromised that she could go topless. She felt no shame in being naked, just as Adam and Eve felt no shame in their nakedness. That's because once sin entered in innocence was gone. Jesus told us, "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 18:3). (No, this Scripture does not advocate becoming a nudist.) Jesus wants us to have childlike innocence, free from the fear of judgment, accepting His truths; for such childlike acceptance makes up the kingdom of heaven. If only we could take off that "confining bathing suit" that  clothes us with the fear of judgment, the fear of non-acceptance and the fear of sharing our Christian faith. Childlike faith is possible only by accepting Jesus as Savior and Lord and putting on His mantle of salvation. Only His clothing frees us from sin and the judgment that comes with it. And that's the naked truth.