And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them.

Mark 10:16 NIV

Jesus hugged the kids.

Blessed them.

The text doesn't say how he did this, but there's a bunch of parents with their young children, there's the disciples trying to shoo them all off, and there's Jesus.

Maybe he's standing up and he bends down to pick up each child.

Given the situation I think he is on his knees, stooped down to their level, and wrapped these kids in his arms, hugs them, blesses them, let's them totter off.

And Jesus takes his time.

These children are important to Jesus.

They're small, and he made himself small.

Jesus is giving his disciples (& us) an object lesson in love (that this is how we too should be). God bends down, makes himself small, comes with open arms, to bless, to speak life, to the small.

There's no condemnation here, no waiting til you're good enough, no test, simply God bending down, 

kneeling, 

with us,

arms open wide, welcoming, 

loving, 

blessing.

#grace

#itsagift

#loveinaction

#lovelikeJesus