the heart of the child....
Physically, the heart of a child begins to beat at 21 days in the mother's womb. Spiritually, Jesus tells us that the heart of the child has the keys to the Kingdom...
The story behind the photograph above of my daughter reveals further what Jesus means by this ...
"Mommy, mommy!” Sophia called as she burst into the prayer garden at church. “Let’s go see Jesus!” She proceeded to run directly toward the cross, placed her hand at the Lord’s feet and stayed quietly looking upon him. I pulled out my camera, snapped a shot and noticed a beautiful
ray of light shining down upon Jesus and Sophia.
The name Sophia means wisdom.
Children have spiritual wisdom. Jesus shines the light on this when he says,“Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these…” Children have the humility, trust, dependency, and enthusiasm to be able to run to the Lord, sit at His feet and receive Him deeply.
We are all called to this same spiritual wisdom. Children can show us the way back to our "childlike hearts" (And a child shall lead them...Isaiah 11:6.) if we allow the space in our homes and in our lives for their spirits to exist. For we are all God’s children and we are all called to be childlike in our relationship with the Lord....
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children
of God! And that is what we are! 1 John 3:1
The story behind the photograph above of my daughter reveals further what Jesus means by this ...
"Mommy, mommy!” Sophia called as she burst into the prayer garden at church. “Let’s go see Jesus!” She proceeded to run directly toward the cross, placed her hand at the Lord’s feet and stayed quietly looking upon him. I pulled out my camera, snapped a shot and noticed a beautiful
ray of light shining down upon Jesus and Sophia.
The name Sophia means wisdom.
Children have spiritual wisdom. Jesus shines the light on this when he says,“Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these…” Children have the humility, trust, dependency, and enthusiasm to be able to run to the Lord, sit at His feet and receive Him deeply.
We are all called to this same spiritual wisdom. Children can show us the way back to our "childlike hearts" (And a child shall lead them...Isaiah 11:6.) if we allow the space in our homes and in our lives for their spirits to exist. For we are all God’s children and we are all called to be childlike in our relationship with the Lord....
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children
of God! And that is what we are! 1 John 3:1