be like a child. remember when you were little and someone asked you for something? it was pretty east to give it up right? i mean, if someone were to ask you to feed them when you were little you just would say something along the lines of "you could come to my house and my family and you could eat with us." those were the simple days. well check this out. in the middle of the book of mark Jesus, the Son of God, was preaching throughout the land and healing and telling people what it takes to get to heaven. it means giving it all to follow him. in the middle of the story in mark 10, right in between his teaching of divorce and the rich young ruler, he talks about kids. he said "the kingdom and God belongs to these." this can teach us something about compassion. when we were younger we seemed to have a lot more compassion, at least that is the way it seems. somewhere along the line we lost it, more was given to us and we began to become selfish with what was given to us... i should say me. then Christ moves right into the story of the rich young ruler. his response to Jesus was sad. read about it. maybe there is a reason the two lessons are so close together.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
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