I think I miss the power of statements like this. I love my kids. Most of the energy that I expend in a day goes to their benefit. I work to support them (and my lovely wife, too). I play with them, help them, teach them. In our day and age in the Western world, that's not unusual, but history hasn't always been so kind to children. They weren't always valued very highly. When Jesus says that the kingdom of heaven belongs to them, that must have been a head scratcher. What is He talking about? They haven't earned it yet. We make the dough and they get the glory? Seriously?
But I suppose that's part of the point. They haven't earned anything, but they can't anyways; no one can. Being a part of the kingdom isn't about that. Children are a part of whatever they are born into, with no choice of their own. We are born into the kingdom of God through Jesus Christ.
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