Read Mark 10:46-52 with your family.

Have you ever been at church or in a theatre or concert, and you wanted to see something so you demanded for people to move only to be told by adults to be quiet and sit still? That was what was going on with Bartimaeus in this story.

Bartimaeus knew Jesus was coming and could heal him, and he wanted to see Jesus, but everyone around him told him to be quiet. However, he wasn’t quiet, he called louder so Jesus would hear him.

Sometimes those around us don’t always understand how important it is that children and teenager see what is happening and what is around them, that things are not only for adults. This is especially true with faith. We want to experience God and not have the adults sush us. Kids need to be able to talk to God in our own way, just like Bartimaeus did. We develop it through talking and seeing God acting in the world all around us, not by adults telling us to be quiet or telling us what things we should believe.