Little Children

 As we begin Lent, think about toddlers.  They can be fickle, stubborn and possessive as someone reminds me.  Why get upset?  Are we adults not often just the same at times?  As a Higher Power, or God has compassion on our ways, so we need to have compassion.  When Jesus said, “Let the children come to me,” we think of nice sweet child in first grade.  Forget it.  The child that came to Jesus might very well be one of those toddlers who squirmed in his arms and pushed on his face to be let go.  He was reminding his listeners to be patient and compassionate with people who are recalcitrant.  In Recovery Programs I am glad that people are alive at all, rather than judge them for not being the way I want or prefer or think they “oughta be.”