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
Let the Children Come to Me
Dear Lord, we are fearful
for our children and elders
our livelihoods and homes
our known world is crumbling.
We have lost our patience
lost our sense of direction
we do not know what day it is
or whether summer will come.
Touch them and bless them
for we have lost our strength
we have lost our patience
and some have lost their minds.
We have so much to care for
our burdens are too hard to bear
we thought ourselves sufficient
we are learning fast our error.
Let us draw near, Dear God
surround us with arms of love
may we all shelter under your wings
and be held in your loving heart. Amen
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