"But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven."
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That means, you better have YOUR head/heart/soul/spirit et al in the situation.... Because if you don't, you will become a baby killer. You will hate kids, hate toddlers, hate all that is innocent, weak, dependent, .... God is for the weak! HE CAME AS "WEAK".... The least....
Oy, I hate bullies. Especially unaware, mindless, robotic, knee-jerk BULLIES!
So does God.
Bullying to me has always been disgusting. I was bullied (as most everyone one is who is blessed)....
You will get bullied.
You are in Good company :)!
Justice is True.
Patience . . . Faith . . . "wait". . . . .
And this means that YOU must be OF God to not end up being a bully to the innocent, "the children" . . . . . When He says "forbid not" He is laying the responsibility on YOU first . . . to be in just such a Spiritual state . . . that it will not preclude, let alone actively dissuade, destroy . . . those under your care. AND GUESS WHAT? As a Christian . . . ALL are under your care! For ALL those/these are Imago Dei! We are called to love God above all and then love others as much as we love ourselves! The rest hangs on these two.
Which means . . . if you are within those first two commandments . . . for real . . . the others will follow. . . . . AND, by your adherence to and love of God (and His) you will NOT, by result, be "forbidding" the children . . . to come unto Him. You will SUFFER . . . as you do this . . . in glorious similitude of what He did, suffering (obviously, albeit, infinitely to a lesser degree!;)
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Meanwhile...........
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"The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."
NOTE.... "as some understand slowness" . . .
We are programmed to be impatient.... All the wicked little beasts and losers (nothing personal, buuuut, sorry, God choses Who He will....) ..... but yeah, re "understanding slowness" .... In the Spiritual real.... there is no time . . . as we "understand"/experience it here.....
So, Actually . . . He is QUICK! .... (yeah, it SEEMS slow in this time/'material"-World miasma... BUT it's not! You KNOW it's not! It's fast! And HE is fast! .......His Promise(s) are INSTANT! . . . Whether you realize it in this "slow" time or not!
You KNOW THAT YOU KNOW!
Just like . . . HE IS THAT HE IS! THE GREAT I AM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I Love God! So do you, I dare say ;)! You can't NOT, if you see, know, hear, feel . . . and are touched/taken by Him.
2 comments:
Perfect word for my situation right now. God Bless.
Steven
Hello Bro. T.
WOW. I'm so happy to ketchup (lol. catch up) on and with your posts. It seems because only my EI browser lets me view your blog, I tend to forget to check regularly, because I only have you bookmarked on EI and don't use EI for any other purpose.
Very powerful info today. Truth. "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." Just like this admonition, everything the Lord stated certainly has deeper levels to it. And probably takes a lifetime to really grasp what He wants us to understand and do. Yep. Bullying is cruel. When the Lord speaks of the "little ones," I think it's a reference to us too as being His children. So, perhaps His intention was to instruct those who have authority over us to be kind to all of His children? And also, for us to be kind unto those whom we are over also. Everything seems to go full-circle.
"The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."
I am getting a intuitive thought that a two-edged sword is really fast in how it cuts to the chase and through everything. And a full-tang hardened steel sword is pretty strong too.
Once again, thank you for putting everything in an orderly perspective and remembrance!!
Peace and many blessings,
Roger
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