Day: March 2, 2019

How does a child receive?

~ osasuoviawe

Mark 10:13-16
And they were bringing children to him, that he might touch them; and the disciples rebuked them. 
But when Jesus saw it he was indignant, and said to them, “Let the children come to me, do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God. 
Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” 
And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands upon them.

Homily:
How does a child receive?

First with wonder and gratitude.
Then the child’s curiosity kicks in and they dig deeper (opening, tasting, testing, asking lots of questions) into what has been received.
Curiosity precedes mastery. They slowly build mastery over the gift, just as comfortable in the phases from not knowing to knowing.
Finally they share what they got. Speaking with confidence about it or bragging about it to those around them.

“Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” – Mark 10:15

Work with what works

~ osasuoviawe

One of the things we all ultimately learn in life is to work with what works. To understand what works, we must pay attention to reality and how it changes.

A strength in one area can so easily be a weakness in another.

For example, when studying headwind and tailwind, you will realise that a headwind is desired in aeronautics, but undesired in sailing. Conversely,  a tailwind is undesired in aeronautics, but desired in sailing.

If you insist on applying the strengths of the headwind in aeronautics to sailing, you will be fighting reality and reality is unforgiving.

If you insist on applying the strengths of tailwind in sailing to aeronautics, you will be working with what doesn’t work and wasting already limited resources.

For simplicity, I replace “headwind and tailwind” with “pull and push”. 

Do not waste time pushing a rope, except you’re putting a thread into the eye of a sewing needle.

– Osasu Oviawe