You enter into the room to realize it is a bathroom!

In the middle of the room is...

...a girl enjoying her bath in a tub! She turns to you giggling and saying,"'Whoever shall not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter into it.'(Mark 10:15)- tell me how many letters are in the first of the two attitudes we should have as a Child - That is the number door you must go through." - she hands you a piece of paper with the following on it....

Mark 10:15
I assure you that whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it. . .


One of the things that happens to us as we grow older is that our past life begins to influence our future experience. Everything we do conditions us, so we wind up with layer upon layer of preconceived notions that distort our perceptions.  Jesus understood that when he gave this warning.To enter the Kingdom of Heaven, we don't have to turn off our intellect or ignore our hard earned discernment, far from it. But we must put aside our preconceived ideas and take the filters off our minds so we can see things as they really are, and not as a reflection of some past event.  Knowing the Kingdom of Heaven is an entirely new experience, unlike anything we have done before, and to know it, and enter it, we must see it as it is - as a child would see it. Living in the Kingdom is as simple as living your life in harmony with the nature of God. Jesus told us what that nature is in the two great commandments.  Love and forgiveness; that is the nature of God. And if you want to live in the Kingdom, right now, do those things.
Just do it! 

Then she goes back to enjoying her bath! What will you do?

  1. Go back and choose another door.
  2. Join the girl in having a bath and forget about your quest!


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