Jesus left that place and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan. And crowds again gathered around him; and, as was his custom, he again taught them.
Some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.” But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you. But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
Then in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them. But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.” And he took them up in his arms, laid his hands on them, and blessed them. Mark 10:1-16
As a Little Child
Never before had she witnessed
the sun setting into the water
the clouds obscuring somewhat
did not detract from the beauty.
Watching her dive into the surf
digging deep and dance on the sand
reminds me of the simple joys
that child eyes can fully comprehend.
We who are weighed down with problems
with age, pains and the worries of life
forget to see the beauty and blessings
right here before our very aging eyes.
Let us run and embrace the beauty
again being in awe and wonder
seeing and tasting again as a child
loved beyond measure and full of joy.
As a Little Child
Never before had she witnessed
the sun setting into the water
the clouds obscuring somewhat
did not detract from the beauty.
Watching her dive into the surf
digging deep and dance on the sand
reminds me of the simple joys
that child eyes can fully comprehend.
We who are weighed down with problems
with age, pains and the worries of life
forget to see the beauty and blessings
right here before our very aging eyes.
Let us run and embrace the beauty
again being in awe and wonder
seeing and tasting again as a child
loved beyond measure and full of joy.
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