What children represent

I watched the movie "Children of men". In the movie no one has been able to give birth to a baby in years. One woman is able to and she is trying to get her baby to safety. They have to pass through a war zone with the military fighting a rebel faction. Bullets are flying everywhere.

And then the baby starts crying. A baby's cry hadn't been heard in 18 years. And the baby's crying silences the gun as people everywhere in the war zone stare at the infant. Why? Because a child is one of the most powerful symbols of hope that we have. Part of the Jesus story was coming as a baby and is called the hope of the nations.

That is why it is so hard to see a child die. It is not just because they were innocent and never had the ability to live. When a child dies it is as if a piece of hope dies as well.

Children have such power. And the power of a child wields is hope.