Two sequential reminders from the King of kings:
"I praise You Father, LORD of Heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, this was Your good pleasure."
"Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls."
"For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light."
If it were not so, could any child bear it? It is only for the small, the humble/d, the poor in spirit, and those who are broken and know it, and whose needs have been revealed, and whose excuses have run out. I might dare to call this the "Percy Principle," after Walker Percy's repeated theme of "no exit" until "the jig is up," and one is left with naked hope, and with providential freedom/yokedom; and indelible promises. While we as the anti-children do tend to promote ourselves to our level of incompetence--the Peter Principle which so obviously applies to St. Peter as well--God is at working not only stripping the ball from our grasp, but taking away our nice uniforms and even our underwear, (gasp!) so that we are forced to "Pray Naked" as in the song by Michael Roe and the 77's. ( More about him and his friends later)
Not the worst place from which to begin, eh?
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