IT IS IN THE HEART OF JESUS that little children come to Him. Not as quasi-adults, but as they are, little children. He calls them to come with their simple faith and their penetrating questions. He calls them to come with their open hearts and open arms. He calls them to come with their joy, their laughter, their silliness, and yes, even their tears. He says, “Let the little children come.”
He calls them to come to experience His unbiased love, His abundant mercy, His complete forgiveness, and His overwhelming grace. He calls them to come to His gentle touch and His strong arms. He calls them to come to hear the stories of their Heavenly Father and to rest quietly in His embrace. He says, “Let the little children come and forbid them not.”
He calls them to Himself for He loves them so. He calls them to His side for “the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
And He calls us to likewise come…all of us…as little children.
So let us come!