"Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." Matt.19:14
I've always loved this verse. It has always inspired me to have faith like a child and to be completely dependant on my Heavenly Father. I've always watched Darius as he truly trusts in me and Ryan to care for him and provide his needs, it's so amazing. Yesterday he taught me something else, and again I'm amazed at how true Jesus' words were when he said the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to children. We have a guy around our age who lives next door and we always see him outside having a smoke, he doesn't look very friendly and he sometimes has "gangster" looking friends drop by, so we've kind of kept our distance in a frightened sort of way. I've always felt convicted to say hi to him or introduce myself but something always stops me. I somehow think that he doesn't want me to talk to him or I'll just bother him or something. Anyway, as we were leaving the house last night, he was sitting on his front porch smoking as usual and right away Darius notices him and shouts loudly "hiiii!!" and immediately i thought "oh no...how is he gonna react?" so i spied around the door to see him and he had a huge smile on his face looking at Darius. Darius probably made him feel special or cheered him up. How shameful i felt after for not saying hi to him this whole year we've lived here! I had sinful prejudices and judgments that were stopping me from loving my neighbour. Darius didn't fear his gangster friends or his rejection, he simply wanted to acknowledge he was there and greet him lovingly. wow.....i never thought i could learn so much from a 2 year old.
