One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could lay his hands on them and pray for them. 

But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering him.

But Jesus said, 

"Let the children come to me. 

Don't stop them! 

For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children."

And he placed his hands on their heads and blessed them before he left. 

Matthew 19:13-15 NLT

In trying to do something good, the disciples must've been missing something more important.

The disciples didn't want these parents and their children bothering Jesus. The implication is that he was too important, too busy with "bigger" things, to be slowed down by children.

Perhaps they'd seen other Rabbi's being protected from or separated from ordinary people, and thought they should do the same with Jesus. 

But Jesus is not the same.

He was not too busy.

He did not want to miss the small, the willing, the ordinary. That's why he was there. These children were his mission that day.

Jesus wanted to see those who were unseen.

And I think he wants his disciples (& us) to do the same.

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