My friend Ralf Weiser posted a statement on FB this morning: “ ‘I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.’ Resist being reigned by fear. Celebrate love.”
Do you suppose this could be what Jesus meant when he said we must become as a little child? “Let the children come to me” -- maybe not just the children in chronological age, but also children of Wonder. Minds open to all the possibilities of love and compassion, of diversity and probability. Children of the Heart who challenge fences and stone walls, plunge into the latest video games and the rush on the soccer field with no fear, just the possibility that they can do it. Children of Love who walk the way Jesus walked with the poor and oppressed, in the soup kitchens, homeless shelters, and tent cities; who walk with all the marginalized of society without asking any proof in return.
Maybe, just maybe, those are the children Jesus hoped would come to him, be allowed to come to him. Children of Wonder, turning no one away, open to every soul without judgement or fear. Maybe, just maybe, that’s what it means to be a Child of God. ~ blessed be
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