Infants, toddlers and the spiritual life

     
One of the greatest tragedies of our times have got to be the countless children who have been denied the opportunity of having any siblings.  Apart from the physical bonds that come from this, it will also deny them a great spiritual reflection that can only come from spending time with children. Being the last of five children myself, I didn't have this opportunity of having a younger sibling, but the lessons that I have learned lately while spending time with my two year old nephew have left me awe struck and has opened my eyes to an expedient strategy by the devil to make sure that the spiritual component of watching children grow is denied to many. I am extremely thankful to God for my parents and siblings, and though I am fully content with my place as the last born, I have lately thought what it would have been like to be the first born and watch all the rest being born and develop through all the inevitable stages that accompany human development. I guess I will never find out what it would have been like, and I will leave that to those who have younger sibling to answer while I move on to my findings of late. Maybe

Poetry for the soul: To The Sacred Heart of Jesus

Oh Sacred heart of Jesus
Wounded by love of man
I've treated you all too badly
I've heeded not your love

By my many sins pierced
What have I done to love
Which so generously poured
By you o lover of my soul
Yet unappreciated by me
For my life I've too often loved
Wishing not to lay it down
For you my greatest good
While yours you did not spare
For the sake of love
But all that will now change
My life I now surrender
To your tender and loving heart
Never again to be separated
From you my eternal love
I wish to return my soul proclaims
Love for love so greatly offered
But indeed all comes from you
Oh love who is above all
Pierce me with the arrow of your love
And my heart will never fail in love