"Beware that you don't look down on any of these little ones. 

For I tell you that in heaven their angels are always in the presence of my heavenly Father." 

Matthew 18:10 NLT

Jesus reiterates again how much he values children. 

And in the verses before this he describes just how those who would harm our children should see their actions and choices. 

The word the NLT translates as "look down" is "kataphroneo" which according to Bible Hub is literally, "think down," refers to holding someone in contempt, deeming them unworthy and hence despised or scorned.

So if we're not doing that then we're deeming them worthy, care for them, look up to them, look for what we can learn from our children. 

I wonder how different our world would be if we took Jesus at face value here?

How do you literally not look down on someone?

We stoop down to them.

We get down to their level, we enter their world.

I wonder if this is what Jesus wants us to do, to see the value He sees in every life, and to see that is just what He did, stoop down, enter in to our world, to redeem it and make it whole again.

Because Love.

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