Children Are Windows To Heaven Series

Only a few weeks ago, I shared with you that according to the law, children could be even given in slavery if parents defaulted on a loan of money.

Jesus chose such a symbol of powerlessness and said: “If you want to be a part of the kingdom of God, become a child.”

Jesus elevated the status of children and said: “To receive a child is to receive me; … allow the children to come to me. Don’t forbid them.… Whoever will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.”

The Greek word for children is micron, sometimes translated as “little ones.”

So, what is unique about children or little ones?

They are very special because they have not progressed far enough along this ego-driven earthly plane to have a mind at war against itself.

The problem with the disciples was that they were so ego-driven; all that mattered to them was their self-importance and how they would make it to the top. To that end, they were willing to put everyone else down and behind and buy into whatever would progress them towards their selfish goal.

These are the things that form a mind and attitude in us to be at war against all of our true nature. That is the nature that the newborns and toddlers have – a nature that is in tune with the nature and attitudes of Heaven, our True Home. This nature and attitudes of Heaven are the things that define the Kingdom of God (or the Kingdom of Heaven, as Matthew calls it). These are the attitudes Matthew calls the Beatitudes -- the attitudes and natures that make oneself blessed and happy. (In Aramaic, the mother tongue of Jesus, the words for Beatitude are Teburot or Ashra. They refer to the blessedness one comes to experience through having the attitudes of Heaven)

So, the disciples, focusing on their self-importance, were light-years away from the Kingdom of God. They were alien to the Kingdom's nature and values when they allowed their selfish egos to drive them to the top of the list.

Like Natalie, all toddlers who give evidence of having memories of existence before arriving here have quiet minds. Their minds are not corrupted or filled with doubts, leading to conflicts about what they feel inwardly versus what adults tell them. Children speak their truth and recall their remembrances without concern about what anyone else might think. They make no apology for it.

Isn’t it unfortunate that children who pass the toddler stage after about 36 months of birth soon forget their Home and their prior existence in Heaven?

Isn’t it true that we also have forgotten the eternal gentleness that once shone in our quiet minds? A quiet mind knows the truth that is felt deep down in us. But the mind gets conditioned to accept things imposed upon it by well-meaning adults and cultural and even religious teachings.

Natalie is now a 33-year-old woman. She confesses not to remember anything of her conversations with Ben when he was born. However, when Natalie is faced with a challenge in life and wants to connect with God, she asks Mum Sarah to retell and remind her of her encounter with Ben.