Being Like Nicole

2 Corinthians 6:1-10
Psalm 98:1-4
Matthew 5:38-42

“Give to the one who asks of you, and do not turn your back on one who wants to borrow.” - Matthew 5:42

The teachers of Nicole, my precocious six-year-old granddaughter, are all one in saying that she is the Ambassador of Peace in class. Here’s one clear example why.

One time, her two classmates, were fighting over a toy. The bigger boy had the upper hand and was able to get the toy, not because he had bigger hands, but more because he had no qualms about hitting his opponent on the head with a book!

Nicole gently pulled the sobbing boy to a corner, and very quietly talked to him. The teacher overheard her saying, “It’s not good to hit him also. You just tell him not to do it again. Come, you shake hands so you will be friends again.”

Sometimes, kids are better followers of God’s Word! (Of course I mean kids like Nicole and not her troublesome classmates.) Children often have a purer understanding of right and wrong, a fuller meaning of obedience and simpler way of looking at chaos. We adults often complicate matters too much. We would be better off being like little children to enter the kingdom of God. Chelle C.

Reflection: What kind of child are you?

You call us Your children. Teach us to be like the children that You will welcome into Your kingdom.

Sts. Mark and Marcellian, martyrs, pray for us.