Suffer The Children

 

In Mark 10 it is recorded that there was a group of parents, who obviously sensed something of God’s love in Jesus for they wanted Him to bless their little ones. The disciples were irritated, fatigued by the long journey from Capernaum down to Judea, theysought to shoo the children away. The gospel is very careful to record that Jesus silenced the disciples and one by one picked each child up, held them close to his heart and blessed them.

 

Robert Frost in “Our Heavenly Father” wrote, “I am so glad Jesus didn’t suggest they group all the children together for a sort of general blessing because he was tired. Instead he took time to hold each child close to his heart and to earnestly pray for them all ... then they joyfully scampered off to bed. One is tenderly reminded of a beautiful messianic passage from the prophets, "He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arms, he will carry them in his bosom, and will gently lead those that have their young"(Isaiah 40:11). I think there is a lesson here for anyone who would seek to set any kind of false condition concerning just who should be the recipients of God’s grace. He blessed them all.”

 

Always keep that openness and wonder of learning the sheer joy of being loved by Him. Jesus said, “Unless you become as little children.” (Mt. 18:3) Heaven is full of little ones.