The heart does stray. We all know how far it can stray. There are perhaps those who have killed their original, true, childlike heart and may never be able to retrieve it again. But surely it is the goal of humanity to do all in our power to teach, encourage, and cultivate that which God placed within us. Indeed the childlike heart has, as Mencius instinctively knew, always been within us. Did not Paul testify, “In him we live, and move, and have our being; . . . for we are also his offspring” (Acts 17:28).
