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Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Today's Frontline Devotion February 12, 2005 Be Like Little Children |
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Frontline Devotion for Saturday, February 12, 2005 By
Brenda Kessler
Matthew
19:13-15 and Mark
10:13-16
In today’s scripture reading Jesus is blessing the little children. The
disciples scolded those who brought them but Jesus said, “Let the little
children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs
to such as these.” (The New International Study Bible: Matthew 19:14)
Why is it that Jesus uses little children to illustrate what God’s kingdom is
like? The answer for me is because of the innocence of little children.
They carry no “baggage.” No explanations are needed; no answers are
required from Jesus. For them the kingdom of God is a gift.
Author and lecturer Leo Passacaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to
judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
The winner was a four-year-old child whose next-door neighbor was an elderly
gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the
little boy went into the old gentleman’s yard, climbed onto his lap, and just
sat there. When his mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the
little boy said, “Nothing, I just helped him cry.”
Little children do, indeed, have a lot to teach us about the kingdom of God!
Prayer: Thank you, God, for welcoming little children into your kingdom.
Help us to be more like children. Help us to let go of our baggage so that
we, too, may further your kingdom. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
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