"And anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf is welcoming me."

Matthew 18:5 NLT

There's 2 sides to this coin that Jesus gives us here:

Welcome a child, welcome the small,

welcome the powerless,

welcome the voiceless, 

welcome those walked past, the unseen,

and we're welcoming Jesus - who doesn't want to be doing that?

And the other side of the coin? 

We were all there once, for some of us being that small child was a long time ago, but we can probably find some memories of what that was like.

Jesus says that in his economy, in his way of being in the world, that when you were small, Jesus saw you, welcomes you in, 

says you're valued,

accepted,

wanted,

loved.

You were enough then.

Jesus welcomed this child into the circle of those who wanted to be the kings of the Kingdom, and said be like this little one, this is who I love. 

No matter what your childhood memories are, you are in fact, Beloved. 

Welcomed.

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