Children’s Baptism

Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. – Matthew 18:3

I used to wonder why the Lord made this statement & I’d ask myself what he meant by it. As a Christian I now have a better understanding of this scripture.

Do you remember when you were a child? When we were children, we were so innocent, loving, caring, forgiving, tender hearted & trusting. Maybe as an adult if you were fortunate you kept some of these traits. Speaking for myself I have to admit that somethings must of happened along the way. Things changed, I changed. There are lots of reasons, too many to list here. At any rate as I got older I noticed bitterness, creeping in and a host of other issues.

As adults we’ve experienced life, we’ve experienced it’s ups & it’s downs. I suppose in some way’s life makes us hard. We allow ourselves to stop feeling so to speak, to stop the pain, the hurt. But you see there lays the problem as adults to a certain extent we lose focus & we stop enjoying life, we stop trusting, we stop loving others as we should .

The Lord knew this was going to happen, he also knew it was going to be difficult to let go of some things but nonetheless he left us a commandment & he left the power of decision in our own hands.

What will you do today, how will you live the rest of your life? Will you become an innocent child once again? Will you surrender? Will you cry out to Jesus? Will you humble yourself? Will you forgive once again? Will you trust again? Will you love again? Will you become tender once again? The Master is waiting on you.

The unexamined life is not worth living. – Socrates

~ by carloshernandezphoto on March 17, 2007.