Today is day 11 of my 40 days - 40 carbs - 40 prayers.

Weight: 160 pounds
BFI: 27.5%

The weight is starting to come off again, and I am very pleased. It's not that I want to be skinny, but it feels good to be gaining something.

Spoke with a friend of mine about God's will and her answers provided more insight. Although there is nothing definitive or measurable. There is no way to know a concrete yes or no. How could you measure a God that is beyond measuring? His power is absolute and unwavering.

Today I get spend some quality time with my niece, and she is always a delight to be around. I am constantly in awe of children. God says that the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these. I watch my daughter, and her faith is beautiful to me. She has no doubt or question. God is God and he can do anything. She doesn't try to explain or rationalize. She believes innocently and purely. She doesn't question her God.

To my daughter, God is absolutely powerful. The stories in the bible don't need archeological verification for her to believe them. He is her Father and she believes anything and everything he tells her. When she prayers she speaks to her savior like she is speaking to a friend. Once she asked God to bless the Justice League, and she named them all for him to be sure he didn't miss one.

Somewhere between childhood and adulthood we lose that innocence, and it must grieve our Father to have the separation of sin between us. We suddenly know everything and we don't need any help. We can do it all, and we only ask for God's help after we have made the mess. He becomes an accessory. The creator of heaven and earth is put in a little box that we only open on Sundays or when trouble comes.

There are a lot of things that my daughter does not know. She doesn't know how to balance a checkbook. She doesn't know how to drive a car. She can't multiple four times seven to get twenty-eight. She does know God. When it comes to faith, she is my teacher. I want to be like her in my faith.

Matthew 18:3 NIV And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little Children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 10:14-16 NIV When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God Belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them.