“Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not; for of such is the Kingdom of God. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.”
Mark 10:14,1614But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. (Mark 10:14)
16And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. (Mark 10:16)
Your precious little baby is born, and what a thrill it is. With many hours of consideration in which you dream of a lifetime of joy for your child, you’ve come up with a name that suits your precious newborn and does not have initials that will embarrass him or rhyme with an offensive adjective. As he grows you are thrilled to see every little move towards maturity and you praise him to the hilt. (Now incidentally this little one is exactly the same person that you’ll have 15 years from now. Don’t cut off this praise or he’ll wonder what happened and it will completely confuse him. He’s accomplishing a heap of interesting and very difficult achievements, and that warrants praise all along.)
And that first smile — how it warms a mothers heart! Don’t you think that our smiles, too, warm our precious Saviour’s heart? I think so. Your perfect little baby is proficient in body language, and if you don’t understand that, he can certainly turn up the volume of his wail — I promise you, you’ll finally get it! Hunger seems to be the first cry. Feed, burp, and check him for pain. Pink lines on the skin that are left by diapers might be a warning signal of pain since they may be caused by circulation that is cut off. How about watching where he directs his hands? If he is holding his ears, that could mean an earache.
Above all, keep singing about God’s love, and speak the precious name of Jesus reverently and lovingly in his little ears because:
The infant children Christ received,
Oh praise His precious name;
He took them up into His arms,
He blessed each babe that came.