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I'm Jensen Holt McNair. This morning, I woke up to the sound of a baby rustling.

When it became clear that Winslow wasn't going to go back to sleep, I unswattled her, changed her diaper, made her a bottle, fed her that bottle, carried her from room to room, I wiped spit up off her face, I helped her sit up, changed her diaper again, got her dressed for the day, saying to her when she was sad, strapped her into her car seat, and dropped her off at her mother's day out program, where another lovely adult will continue to take care of her every

need until I pick her up this afternoon. Now, that description of my morning is a big reason why a lot of

people push off having kids or maybe never have kids at all. There is a large part of our culture

that loves kids. I'm not denying that. But there's also a large portion of our culture that

sees them as a nuisance to maybe their goals for life. Kids get in the way, they're messy,

they're inconvenient. No one's trying to impress a little kid because at the end of the day,

they're kind of helpless. They can't help you achieve anything. In this view of kids, it isn't too far off from the world that Jesus lived in.

In Luke 18, instead of dropping their kids off at a Mother's Day Out program, we see parents bringing their children to Jesus.

Let's take a look. People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them.

When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. But Jesus called the children to him and said,

Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Truly, I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child

will never enter it. See, the disciples thought that Jesus had more important things to do,

more important people to focus on, to teach. They undervalue the children. And Jesus, he flips their understanding on its head. Let them come.

The kingdom of God belongs to these children. And we learn what Jesus means by this when he

continues. Truly, I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child

will never enter it. See, Jesus is telling us, we have something

to learn from these little children. Now, remember, Winslow was completely unhelpful this morning

in getting us out the door. In fact, she was most often counterproductive to the task at hand. She asked everything of me.

She offered nothing. And yet, she approached me again and again with a smile, with bright eyes and the occasional coup of love.

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