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Here and Beyond Devo Nov 13

by David Joynt on November 13, 2022

Here and Beyond Devo Nov 13

MATTHEW 18:3 | 3Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Children are a blessing to the church here and now. A part of us easily withers as we age. We can become world-weary and less engaged with new learnings and possibilities. We can become jaded and cynical about the world, since we’ve lived longer with its problems and struggles.

The children in our community can awaken the holy child in us. Their curiosity can spark ours. Their enthusiasm can engender new passion in us. Their simple enjoyments can remind us life is a gift. Their faith in God and in us, their simple trust can inspire us.

In what way are you blessed by children, here and now?

Do you ever feel world-weary?

 

Tags: children, gift

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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