cling

the other night i looked at some photos from my brother's trip to india.

he spent some time working with orphaned children and had captured many of the moments he was able to devour with the kids on the camera.

after looking at all the pictures i just felt stupid.

i felt like anything i could possibly do will never amount to anything worthwhile.

anything i try for. anything i reach for - it'll never be good enough.

and then i thought of how all these poverty stricken people will feel the same way. like they'll never be good enough.

and then there were the children... the children who are looking for attention. the children that are looking for love.

matthew 19:14 let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.

- a perfect example of showing attention and love to the needy.

i suppose Jesus knew what he was talking about when he said that the kingdom of heaven belonged to "such as these". meaning children - and i would assume "such as these" means the insignificant. the needy. the hurting. the poor. for chapter nineteen goes into stating what a difficult time the rich man shall have getting into the kingdom of God.

we believe such little things to be such significant things - and they're not.

then i feel like the child who was almost denied access to Jesus.

and that's where i rely on grace.

i cling to to my savior's donation of grace when it feels like i've fallen too low to receive just that.