You always know when kids are at recess. The noise levels increase. There is shouting and screaming. Kids are running around aimlessly extending their arms out like gliding birds. They climb, they jump, they push, they scream.Compare that to recreating adults. It is usualy much more reserved, and except for sporting events, there is not much noise. We have learned how to behave.
Jesus said that unless we become like a little child we won't enter the kingdom of heaven. What would motivate him to say that?
Most children, if they are allowed to be children are not worried about the future. They are entirely in the present.
Most children, if they are allowed to be children are not worried about whether they or their behavior is accepted.
Most children, if they are allowed to be children express their joy in loud and boistrous ways.
Most children, if they are allowed to be children don't put a lot of thought into something before they try it. They simply say...let's try this! This is the cause of many childhood injuries. But with an injury comes learning.
With adulthood comes the mantle of cares. They weigh us down. They stifle us. They confine us.
Maybe Jesus is waiting for us to say "Come on! Let's try this!"
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