Open-Mindedness of children.

In a lot of my spare time I read quotes and decide what book by whom I'd like to read next based on that. I came across a quote by Brennan Manning...

“If we maintain the open-mindedness of children, we challenge fixed ideas and established structures, including our own. We listen to people in other denominations and religions. We don't find demons in those with whom we disagree. We don't cozy up to people who mouth our jargon. If we are open, we rarely resort to either-or: either creation or evolution, liberty or law, sacred or secular, Beethoven or Madonna. We focus on both-and, fully aware that God's truth cannot be imprisoned in a small definition. ” 
― Brennan Manning

I got stuck at "...we don't find demons in those with whom we disagree. We don't cozy up to people who mouth our jargon..." It is incredibly easy to do that. Shux! That silly human desire for comfort. God isn't intimidated by anything, not a thought, not a question. Sometimes we put on this 'know it all' thing out and that thing makes this beautiful God unattractive. We make Christianity look like this difficult thing, where we make it look like you need to earn your keep, bombarding people with what we think we know. I've found things to make the most sense in spaces where I've made a thing about just God and I. When I'm more concerned with what God thinks and not what people think. Don't get me wrong, people and relationships are great but we need to be very clear on the voice we follow. When it's all said and done there will be no pointing of fingers, we just need to get into a habit of making decisions based on our own conclusions. A lesson I'm also still learning, to not put on God the error of people. That will only leave us bitter and resenting God for things He never said or required of us.

"...God's truth cannot be imprisoned by a small definition..."