Monday, March 20, 2022

Mar 20, 2023

Listen to the Word

 “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea. (Mark 9:42)


Jesus wants us to be aware of a sad reality: there are people who want to take advantage of children and cause them to suffer. But he wants kids to be aware of a wonderful reality: he has their back. People who harm them will have to answer to him. Getting chunked overboard while wearing a boulder necklace would be preferrable to the destiny that awaits those who harm children.


Jesus loves the little children, as the old song says. But that love is not just a syrupy, cuddly kind of thing. It is a fierce, protective, strong love. It is a love that holds accountable those who bring harm.


Live the Word

Pray for a child in your life. Pray that Jesus will protect them, and that they will know how deeply he loves them.