Accepting the Kingdom

It may not be a question of accepting the kingdom as children accept it, but rather accepting the kingdom as we accept children -- recognizing they are innocent and full of wonder, that they can be made to laugh but will sometimes need also to cry, and that they see with a newness that makes life so very clear.  It is perhaps the willingness to believe the best and the ability to be amazed that Jesus also asks us to accept, seeing the kingdom as complete but not yet finished, and its determination to be loved as it loves.