"Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children,
you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles
himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Whoever receives
one little child like this in My name receives Me." Matthew 18:3-5
I'm not the first person to say this [in truth that sentence could proceed everything I ever write] but having a child helps me to understand this verse a lot better than I used to. It's one thing to talk about a generic child jumping into their parent's arms and quite another to see the look of pure joy on your child's face a they leap with abandon.
It's not faith, it's not trust, it's not hope, it is pure certainty that they will be caught. I am willing to say that the thought I may not catch Henry never enters into his mind, it's not even a possibility that he'll fall and hurt himself.
Is that what Jesus means by humility, not allowing yourself to be lower than God, but rather not allowing yourself to be in the equation at all?
If it is that, complete knowledge that God will always catch me, not a shadow of doubt, I still have a ways to go.
+ What comes to your mind when you think about being like a child?
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