The perception of the young is quite different from that of adults. Sometimes, it can be very helpful to remember how you thought as a child. Allow me to explain.
My Mom would take my sister and me swimming when I was just a young girl (6 or 7 years old). There was a hotel in town that would let you use their pool for fifty cents per child. Yes, it was quite a number of years ago 
The summers at the pool had faded from my memory until just the other day. We used to challenge each other to jump off the deep end and go all the way to the bottom. It would be no big deal now that I am an adult, but back then it was a hard dare to take.
After jumping in, it seemed as if you were never going to reach bottom. The depth of water seemed endless. It felt like the sinking would never end. I remember once I reached the bottom of the deep end my perception of what was above the water line changed. Everything was distant and muffled. All that was real to me at that moment was the cool water surrounding me.
This memory came rushing back to mind when the Lord spoke something to my heart recently. He reminded me about the depth of His love and how often we forget just how deep His love can be. We get sidetracked by trials or problems because we don’t focus on the how deeply and intensely He loves each of us. Imagine the person you love most in your life and multiply that love by a million. You still haven’t reached the depth of His love for you.
What a change could be worked in our lives if we could just begin to comprehend the depth of His great love. The joy of jumping headlong into the “deep end” of His love and just sinking down into it would make any problem appear distant. The voice of doubt and unbelief would grow muffled.
Now that I am all grown up I need to “go off the deep end” more than ever. Sinking into the depth of His love and letting that become more real in your life than anything else is exactly how He intended for us to live. So what are you waiting for? Jump in! Eph. 3:17-19
