The ordinary becomes extraordinary as little children line up in unadulterated joy to meet Jesus whose welcoming gaze draws them into a loving, trusting intimacy. Light streams through the windows resting on subdued hues of green and grey stretched into browns brightened by shaded orange tiles as awkward parents stand by in a tangle of tired thoughts. A blend of Realism and Impressionism splashes onto the canvas of a relatively modern interpretation of Scripture, focusing on the connection of an outstretched holy hand locking with a child’s fingers. An aura of simplicity envelops the little girl magnetically drawn to Christ’s touch. The scene of painted oils invites me to shed the coat of adulthood and emulate the young ones, for to such as these does the kingdom of heaven belong. I am born once again in new found innocence. (Visio Divina of Fritz von Uhde’s 1884 painting, “Let the Children Come to Me” based on (Mark 10:13-16) in the Art Museum in Leipzig, Germany.)