Showing Kindness to Children

 

“Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

—Matthew 18:1

Children have enormous importance to Jesus. Therefore, children should have enormous importance to us.

If you’re a parent, you already have a huge responsibility for the spiritual formation that will guide your children’s walk with the Lord all the days of their lives. But, you also have responsibility for every child that God brings to your attention.

If you’re like me and have no children of your own, you are not freed from responsibility for every child you know. This includes your nieces and nephews and other relatives, as well as children God may bring into your life.

We do well to take to heart these words of Jesus recorded in Matthew 18:1-6:

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.

“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.”

Let us press onward into this new week aware of the children around us. Let us determine to show them kindness and compassion. Let us allow the Light of Christ'’s Presence within us, through the power of the Holy Spirit, shine into the lives of the children who cross the pathway of our lives. And, let us be grateful that God has entrusted us with this assignment to love children, even as He loves them.

 

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