Christ's
disciples once asked, "Lord, who is the greatest?
In
Heaven's bright kingdom, who is the straightest?"
and
come to His side, and He held him and sighed.
"I
tell you with truth," Jesus answered to them,
unless
you soon change and be like this gem,
the
Kingdom of Heaven will not be your home."
He
looked at the boy; Jesus' eyes did not roam.
"Whoever
is humble like this little child,"
Jesus
said gently as He also smiled,
"They
will be greatest in God's Kingdom come."
He
smiled at the boy who had started to hum.
"Whoever
welcomes a child like this
welcomes
Me also and so has his bliss."
He
sent the boy back to go play with his friends
and
to His disciples He spoke to this end:
"Whoever
will cause one dear child to fall,
one
of the children who love Me at all,
it
would be better a millstone be hung
around
his thin neck, then the sea would he plunge!"
Be
therefore humble, respectful and mild
and
love Jesus always like one little child.
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