JESUS
LOVES KIDS!
Mark
10:13-14
13
And
they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his
disciples rebuked those that brought them.
14
But
when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the
little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the
kingdom of God.
It
was customary
for parents to bring their children to the rabbis for a blessing but evidently
the disciples thought they were protecting Jesus’ time and energy by keeping
them away. The idea of Jesus being “much displeased” with this is
actually much stronger in the original language. You can see his brow furrow
and his lips grow thin as he tells them to permit the children to come.
He
took them up in his arms! The angry brow softened and the smile returned and
broadened as he held the children. Children are simple and honest. They do not
hide their true selves and I think Jesus liked it that way. In fact Jesus said
that everyone should come in this open faced way.
Children
enjoy life!
Almost anything can suddenly become a toy including something valuable and
breakable. How sad that we gradually lose that ability to imagine and enjoy.
After seeing Jesus use a child as an
illustration
of how to come to Him, we could reverse Spurgeon's statement and say, "An
adult, if properly instructed, can as truly believe and be regenerated as a
child."
Dear
Lord, thank you for loving children! Help me to love them too and to pay
attention to them for in so doing wisdom can be gained in simplicity. AMEN
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