Morning Devotional February 20, 2024

…and Jesus took a little child and…In the face of Jesus’ revealing to the disciples the true nature of His and His Father’s love and what He would do to express it, the disciples behave unbecomingly, giving emphasis to Jesus earlier proclamation “…how long must I be with you…?”, in essence “How have you not gotten this yet?”And yet, Jesus gentleness and tenderness, is always evident to all, and He uses this moment to show them the true nature of the kingdom, a precious and tender moment of Hisngentleness in the face turbulence…“…and he had (the child) stand among them…”Luke 9:41-48; Mark 9:20-27; Phil 4:4-8; 1Peter 3:14-15 Tony Pingitore