Innocence
Mark 10:13-16
And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.
English Standard Version (ESV) Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
Receive,
like
a little child
with
the unscarred
innocence
of
love.
Let
the children come,
He
says.
He
sets them before Him
and
they listen
to
His voice,
because
it is
His
voice.
Let
the children come,
He
says.
They
are beautiful
because
they are innocent.
They
are lambs,
in
their dependence,
not
yet grown
to
be sheep.
Let
the children come,
He
says.
He
tells parables,
simpler
than
those He has told us.
He
tells them
of
a tender God,
one’s
whose purity
they
understand.
Our
world taints us
as
we become more accepting of it.
We
become doubters
or
Pharisees
always
longing for the innocence
of
that first moment
when
we saw Him.
copyright 2016 - Donald P James Jr
From the Collection; Pictures of the Messiah
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