Forbid them not! A Father's love.

Children are so precious to God.

And all throughout history we see a theme of child abuse and murder.

Long ago, children-sacrifices was very common. They were offered to appease certain gods.

But the True Living God is not pleased. He loves children.

Several times He mentions this in various ways.

“Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 18:10 NKJV

He even says, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me.” Matthew 18:3-5 NKJV

Since when did it become ok for us to determine that it is ok to break God’s standard and abuse the children He loves?

We think we have rights to do this. But God doesn’t say that. Man says that. The World preaches that.

This little blessing in my womb is so small and grows every day. I feel her move. I’ve felt her kick. I can feel her heartbeat when I put my hand on my belly.

I could feel her heartbeat when someone said I was only 5 weeks. I was probably a little further along.

Regardless, I am a mom. The moment this baby was conceived I became a mom.

I love this baby. But my love isn’t even an ounce in comparison to the love that God has for this precious little girl.

Do we think that God as a the Father will not defend His precious babes?

Do we think because we are older that we are more important or something?

How do the decisions we are making today here going to show the love of God to children?

And God loves everyone. Lord Jesus died for the sins  of the whole world. But darkness loves sin and hates the light.

Come into the light! Don’t stand in darkness.

From a Mother to the rest of the world, this is Food for Thought.

“But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 19:14 NKJV

"Cut if off!"- Say What???

CUT IT OFF!!!


Have you ever read or heard of the story in the Book of Matthew 18 where Jesus is speaking to His disciples and tells them, "So if your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away." ?

Whoa! What does that mean? Was Jesus being literal? Some may have thought so.

At one point, as recorded in the Book of John, Jesus says that it is necessary to eat His flesh and drink His blood!

This was a hard saying that caused many to turn back from following Him.

But what else does Jesus say about cutting something off?

Matthew 18:7-9

"What sorrow awaits the world, because it tempts people to sin. Temptations are inevitable, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting.

So if your hand or foot causes you to sin, CUT IT OFF AND THROW IT AWAY.

It is better to enter eternal life with only one hand or one foot than to be thrown into eternal fire with both of your hands and feet.

And if your eye causes you to sin, GOUGE IT OUT AND THROW IT AWAY. It's better to enter eternal life with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell."

(NLT, Caps for emphasis)


WHOA! Sounds kind of harsh? But was Jesus being literal?

Now before you get any ideas and start doing something you shouldn't take some time to understand something.

God hates sin!

God loves people.

It is not His intent that we start chopping off body parts and gouging out eyeballs.

But take a moment and think about what Jesus is saying.

If I used my hand to do something against what God intended, thus disobeying God, aka sinning against God, and my hand was cut off, could I use that hand to do that same action again?

No! I wouldn't have a hand to do so.

In the same way, if a man lusted after a woman with his eyes and thought, "Man, she's hott. I just have to have her." In the same way, if he lost his eyes and couldn't see anymore, he wouldn't be able to look at a woman and do what he just did.


When Jesus says to "CUT IT OFF", He's calling everyone to repent, to turn away from their disobedience toward God and do what is right. And to do so with a sincere heart change so that it is like as if your hand, foot, eye, whatever, was literally gone! If it's gone, it makes it harder for you to fall back into that particular sin.

So, yes, cut it off and gouge it out. But not literally. Jesus is speaking spiritually. A heart change.

Otherwise, we'd be mute, blind, and have many missing body parts.

"For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard." Romans 3:23 NLT

"If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness." 1 John 1:8-9 NLT

"Do you think that I like to see wicked people die? says the Sovereign LORD. Of course not! I want them to turn from their wicked ways and live." Ezekiel 18:23 NLT