Child-like Faith?

So recently I had a bit of a revelation...

I was on Spring Break and was frantically trying to catch up on my schoolwork. I was spending like 6-7 hours a day at Starbucks reading all this lofty theology crap... Like we're talking various atonement theories and stuff that is just beyond me... And I was getting so bogged down, like really struggling, not only in understanding all the stuff I was reading, but I realized that since I have been in college, I often view my faith/Christ as an academic practice, and fail to acknowledge the simplicity that is inherent in Christ's work.

Somewhere I read an account of modern theologian Karl Barth and his experience speaking at some prestigious and highbrow conference. He was speaking on some complicated issues that I can't even pronounce to people with degrees I've never even heard of... And the story goes that one of the doctorate students asked Barth, "What is the most profound truth that you have come across in your study of the Christian Faith?" Barth froze and thought for a few seconds, and then began to slowly say, "Jesus loves me, this I know, because the Bible tells me so... Little ones to him belong, they are weak and He is strong..." Apparently people began to chuckle, and then realizing the severity of this basic statement began to fall silent...

In the midst of my theological frenzy examining the work of Christ, I had begun to overlook the simple truth that a child could recount. Jesus Christ, who healed the blind, fed the hungry, and raised the dead... is risen!!! I had to stop right there in the Starbucks and spend about 20 minutes just reflecting on the simple truth of the Gospel.

So how do we live out "child-like" faith?
Is there such a thing as pursuing knowledge "too much"?
How do we balance acknowledging the simplicity of the Gospel and our own need for complex structures and understandings?

It's a tricky thing... And I certainly do not have it figured out... I am still getting bogged down by my theology classes and the "Bible Study" that I am a part of which is more of a theology debate than an honest look at scripture and each other...

And that's all I have to say about that...