Mothers were bringing their children and babies to Jesus hoping he might touch them, but the Disciples were annoyed. In their minds Jesus had more important things to do than to be bothered with children. But Jesus’ response surprised them. “Let the little children come to me… for to such belongs the Kingdom of God.” (Matthew 19:14) Jesus made it clear to his Disciples that children have great worth. They don’t become important after they mature into adults
Psalm 46:10 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. This has been a difficult weekend for me. I have felt both misunderstood and abused through a very touchy situation I am not free to explain on this public blog. But my heart has ached and grieved for someone unable to defend herself. I spent much of the day Saturday in tears as I struggled to know
Luke 4:23-30 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. Jesus had been healing people in Capernaum and the word was out. But in his home country no one was willing to believe and none were healed. The people didn’t want HIM to heal them. Jesus reminded the people of other situations where God had led prophets away from their own people to perform miracles: Elijah was