Over the weekend, I went to church with my family. A family sat behind us with a young child who definitely didn’t understand what it meant to sit and listen quietly. While I found it occassionally distracting, my son just found it appalling. He was upset that the young child kept kicking his chair and that the family did nothing about it.
After the service, I encouraged him to filled with grace for others because we often do not know what is going on within the lives of those we sit near. I also tried to encourage him that Jesus took time to be with children, and that they have an important role in the body of Christ.
Often young children are not welcomed into our corporate worship gatherings. As a parent of a toddler, people often do not want to sit near you, and give you shunning looks. The only place worst is when you are walking them up an airplane aisle.
Welcome children into our community takes grace and an understanding of their importance to the body of Christ. I found this picture online, and wanted to share it.
