If only we'd try so hard

As I'm sure most of you know there are two little boys in our family that keep us on our toes.  What you might not know is that we've allowed them to have mo-hawk hair cuts and I think we may have unlocked some inner source of energy that was previously untapped.  I'm not sure we can scientifically document this development, but empirical evidence seems to suggest a correlation between mo-hawk haircuts and craziness!
Alex has reached the age now, close to 4, where he has lots of questions about what's going on in the world.  Everything from why doesn't the sky fall on us to what happens if we buy a semi.  Isaac has been at that stage for a few years now and having both of them asking whatever pops into their minds makes for some exciting car rides and very entertaining conversations.  Besides their natural curiosity to know how things work around them they have a great desire to please.  I'm sure this isn't confined to my kids, but they try so hard sometimes to be helpful and to please that they get in their own way.  We have to constantly remind Alex that the fire in the grill is hot and "help" is not opening the lid every minute to make sure the fire isn't burning the meat!  As I look back on their questions, and as I do my level best to answer them without getting too annoyed, even if it is to explain for the 100th time that we have no use for a semi and that I don't know why God only gave us 2 legs, I wonder how our lives would be different if we approached our relationship with God in a similar way.
As adults we lose that sense of wonder and curiosity don't we?  We think we have a pretty good handle on how the world works, we think we have a pretty good handle on how God works, and so we really stop asking questions and that sense of awe goes away.  Of course our certainty about how things should work can get shattered pretty quickly once the roof caves in, but that's a different blog.  Along with losing that sense of awe and wonder about life and the world we also lose a little  bit of that sense to please.  I suppose we're all trying to please someone or prove ourselves to someone throughout our lives, but are we living in a way that would please God?  How often do we even consider what God might think of our actions and decisions?  How often do we stop and ask God a bunch of questions about how things work and how we're supposed to interact with them?
My sense is we don't do it often enough.  We believe we know what's best for our lives, and so we don't invite God into the decision making process very much.  We have become jaded and have lost a part of that awe, and healthy fear, of God so we don't value or seek God's input in our daily lives.  Oh, we'll try and find God when the sky is falling or when we think we have a huge decision to make, but how often do we invoke God in our daily lives?  How would our lives be different if we made God a part of every decision we made?  Ok, so every decision might be a little extreme, but I certainly believe God want's to be a bigger part of our lives if we'll ask God to be.  And the best part is God will never get impatient when you ask the same question for the millionth time!  Don't you think you would benefit from more God in your life?  I know I would!