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Her family just emigrated from India. Mother, father, little brother, and Anara. Anara is only three years old, and when she arrived in America, just a few short months ago she couldn’t speak any English. Anara’s parents thought it would be best to enroll her in preschool, so they did.

Anara is smart, and soon she started learning the language, but she also started learning the Bible stories the preschool taught. It wasn’t long before she begin sharing her excitement, of those stories, with her family. They witnessed Anara’s happiness, and joy as she grew in her love for the one true God.

Intrigued, her father inquired of the school, and asked if they could get an advance copy of those stories. From the mouth of a three year old, the gospel of Jesus Christ is going forth.

Jesus: Let the little children come to Me; do not get in their way. For the kingdom of heaven belongs to children like these. Mat. 19:14 (The Voice)

Children accept Truth easier than adults. The older one is, the more their mind gets in the way of faith. Simple faith, like that of a child is just believing. Not questioning, and not reasoning, because a lot of the things of God don’t make sense to mankind. And that is because God’s ways are much higher than ours.

Be like a child, be like Anara, and simply believe. Then, as time goes by, and you begin to experience the love of God for yourself and see his hand in your life, only then will you understand.

Her parents just immigrated to America from India. She was three years old, and didn’t know any English. Now, a few months later, and being enrolled in a preschool she is learning a few words at a time. But when one of her co-students said to her, “I don’t like you and I don’t want to play with you” the toddler simply smiled and used body language to invite her to swing with her on the tire.

When I heard this true story I realized the beauty of not being able to speak or understand the language of hate, or of racism. To have the capacity to smile in the face of evil is a special gift. I could learn from the little precious girl from India.

I think, no, I know Jesus had this special gift. For when He was falsely accused, hated, spit upon, and betrayed He still managed to say, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”

A worthy goal that will take lots of practice to perfect, but think of the message it sends to the one spouting toxic words. A message of love. In any language!