"One day some parents brought their little children to Jesus so he could touch and bless them. But when the disciples saw this, they scolded the parents for bothering him. Then Jesus called for the children and said to the disciples, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the, Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children. I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”
I have always loved this passage because I love kids, but also because I love the innocence of children. How they just blanketing accept things and the love they show to everyone regardless of skin color or what you wear. Mostly, I love children because they ask the questions adults want to, but don't because society has told them that it is not appropriate.
Yesterday I was a wake for a family member and to be honest I hate funeral homes. They are sad and dark, and smell funny. . However, God blessed me with the company of a 4 year old who was completely fascinated by my wheelchair.
She started the conversation with me by leaning directly into my face and saying "get out of that chair."
I said "I can't."
The little girl said "get up."
I said "I can't my legs don't work as well as yours." She tilled her head at me a little and smiled as if that made perfect sense. Then she says " Are you a mother or a sister?" At this point I am positive that her father wanted to crawl in a whole and die.
Now as this was happening her dad was sitting close by tell her to stop asking me questions and to stop being rude. I turned to him and said I'm ok don't worry it's ok. Please understand I get that this little girl's father was trying to protect my feelings and that is really nice, but I don't need him to do that because that little girl was just trying to understand something new. I wanted to answer her questions so maybe one day when her classmate uses a wheelchair or her co-worker or even a boy/girl she likes has one she might think it's cool.
She spent the entire time pushing my wheelchair back and fore through the entire wake and I have to tell you it was the best wake I have ever attended. My point is that just like Jesus said we should all approach life like a child. Ask the question, seek to understand what you don't know, and love as if everyone is your equal. Take a lesson from a little girl who just wanted to check out the interesting lady in the wheelchair.
