People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them.” vs. 13
Mark 10:2-12
It’s hard to know what the disciples were thinking. We do know that Jesus was heavily involved in teaching and perhaps they considered the children to be a distraction. Perhaps they were like ushers in our worship services who advise mothers to take their crying babies to the nursery so the preacher’s every word can be heard easily by all. But we do know that Jesus was horrified. He wanted the children to be there so that he could use them as living object lessons for one of his most important lessons. It’s not the learned elders or the wise pastors who are the best models for kingdom living, it’s the children. They know what it is to trust implicitly because they do it all the time! They don’t question God’s existence. For them it’s the most natural truth of all! They don’t argue theology; they just believe the gospel. And they love to sit on the lap of Jesus and soak it all in. When Grandma or Grandpa dies and they’re told they’ve gone to be with Jesus, they just say, “Wonderful! Then why are you crying?” Sometimes in the course of growing up or going through adolescence we give up those trusting ways and that childlike faith. How wonderful it is then to arrive in old age and find ourselves returning to that old way of believing, and making it our own once more.
Thought for the Day: What happened to my childlike faith?
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