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

But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea."

Matthew 18:5-6 NLT

These words of Jesus are sobering reading for communities, families, individuals who have the responsibility to care for, nurture and love our children, the vulnerable, the small, the powerless. 

Jesus love for the small people on our world is full of justice.

And he calls us to follow him.

So, his heart for children, his heart for the small, 

his heart for the powerless, the vulnerable, somehow, should be ours too.

It can be easy (although sometimes necessary for our own well-being) to insulate ourselves from some of the terrible things that happen in this world. 

But I'm not sure we're free to say that we follow Jesus and do nothing.

I was at a concert on the weekend and half way thru the artist invited us to give to World Vision, to simply send a text and a few $ to make a difference in someone else's life.

It might be money, time, care, stepping towards the vulnerable somewhere, giving something up or away, but it starts with the heart Jesus wanted his disciples to see, that the small, vulnerable person is worth it. 

They are Beloved.

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