Read Mark 10:2-16 with your family.

There are two stories in the scripture today, one talking about divorce and one talking about children understanding God’s world.

The conversation on divorce is hard to understand when we are little because it is between two adults and the whole household changing. It can be sad, and that’s one of the things Jesus recognized. When two grownups wanted to be together and then don’t anymore, everyone around them has to change how they behave and how they treat each other. God wanted harmony for everyone, but God also knows sometimes people have to separate and divorce. Being sad doesn’t mean it isn’t the right thing.

The conversation on children is easier to understand. Children have to depend on the adults in their world for everything from food to housing to love and care. Jesus said in order to understand God’s world, God’s kingdom, we have to rely on each other in the same way. We have to be vulnerable and not think we can do it all ourselves.