“Hold on to the moments, for they are warm fires for aging bones”
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A moment in time when everything was perfect…the sun was shining and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. We all remember them…those seemingly perfect moments in life where we could live forever…
those moments in time…once upon a dream.
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When I was a young boy, there were times when I didn’t deserve the gifts my parents gave me, but I know now that they gave them out of love for their son. It wasn’t because I was good or had earned them, it was because they loved me….in spite of myself.
There was no price to pay for their gifts or nothing I could have done to earn them for the gifts were given in love…all I had to do was accept them. The same is true of the gift that God gave us from the cross…there is no price to pay or nothing to do to earn it…you simply accept the gift.
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“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
(John 3:16 NIV)
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At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked,
“Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
He called a little child and had him stand among them. *
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Little children will love you…no matter what.
Little children are trusting…their faith is simple…child-like.
Little children are honest…they speak from their heart with the simplest of thoughts.
Little children are dependent…they rely upon the wisdom and caring love of their parents.
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“I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children,
you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. *
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* Scripture from the Gospel of Matthew 18:1-3 in the New International Version
