October 7, 2021

Following up on the childlike theme from yesterday. Jesus famously says that we are to be like little children in order to enter the Kingdom of God. That saying is a diamond that can be eternally turned to reveal a new facet. 

One facet of little children is their total inattention to time. Children do not plan for the next day. (Hhhm…. Whatever am I going to have for snack time tomorrow?) They tend not to worry about what happened the day before. They do not worry about what will happen in the future. As children get older, all of this creeps in. But remember that Jesus is talking about little children.

You are a child. Yes, you might be a teen or young adult or middle-aged, or long in the tooth. But fundamentally you are a child – a child with a Father who is in charge of your life.

Jesus says, “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.” (Matthew 6:34)

“Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among things that are passing away, to hold fast to those that shall endure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Proper 20 – BCP)