Friday, March
30 – Read Mark 10:13-16
In this story people want Jesus to bless
their children, but the disciples feel that Jesus is way too busy and perhaps
too important to bother with them. In his patriarchal time, children are at the
very bottom of those the culture deems important. Yet Jesus surprises his
disciples by stopping them from sending the families away, and then embracing
and blessing the children. Moreover he tells them that children are the very
models of those who are prepared to receive the kingdom.
Reflection Questions: What do you think Jesus means when
he says that unless we can receive the kingdom of God like a child we will be
unable to enter it? How do you feel about it?
Prayer: Dear God, keep my doubts and my
thoughts from putting up a fence around my heart to keep you out. Amen.
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