“Let the little children come unto me and forbid them not, for such is the kingdom of heaven,” Jesus said.

He did not say let only rich or middle-class white children come. He did not say let only the strapping boys but not the girls come. He did not say let only the able-bodied children come. All the children He bade come.

He did not say let all my children or your children or our friends’ children or those in our families and neighborhoods and who look and act like us come. He did not say let only the well-behaved nice children come or those who conform to society’s norm. He did not say let a few, a third, half, or three-fourths come—but all.

Jesus said let the little children come and forbid them not for such is the kingdom of heaven.