In some ways, we take Jesus for granted. We've heard the stories so many times, it's easy to not be amazed by them -- we forget that Jesus is, quite literally, God. Jesus is fully human, fully God, which means that Jesus has the entire world in the forefront of his mind... and yet Jesus stops to welcome the children. Such is the love and tenderness of God.
Now, it's easy to think about how God is tender towards everyone else. But stop and consider that this is how God thinks of you -- God stops and welcomes you, with all of your joy and your fears and your wonder and your uncertainty. God welcomes you, invites you in, and gives you the kingdom of God. It's easy to think that God loves someone else like this -- we can do that well. But think about the joy God has in receiving you as a child of God. God takes YOU in God's arms and blesses you. Revel in that.
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