God seems to have this dancing thing going on in my life.
Sunday Al and I shared the sermon time in German Valley. But we realized that there were really 3 sermons. The first was preached by 4 year old Connor.
The children's choir sang...and Connor danced. As soon as the director hit the CD button and the beat began Connor's feet were moving, his whole body was feeling it. It was beautiful! All of the children did great. There were smiles and singing. It was a moment of joy.
During the children's message Al talked with them about the Micah 6:8 passage where God calls us to "act justly" or for the kids (and us) "do good." It is different that just behaving. Connor thought it might mean "doing good things so the rest of the family doesn't get crabby."
That made me think of our "other daughter" Allison, whose little 3 1/2 year old, Karis, said to her the other day, "Mommy, I'm going to disobey you, so just let me pray for you."
At first Allison thought it was a clever manipulative move for a 3 1/2 year old. But then Karis' prayer went like this: "Jesus, give Mommy wisdom. Help her to be a good Mommy. Help her to be patient."
Karis didn't have a particular disobedient act in mind. She just knew there would be more times when she was going to disobey, and Mom would need God's help to be a good Mommy... And not get crabby :)
Beautiful honesty...real prayer...amazing insight into how life and faith work. I love it! We can learn so much if we listen to the children!
Sunday Al and I shared the sermon time in German Valley. But we realized that there were really 3 sermons. The first was preached by 4 year old Connor.
The children's choir sang...and Connor danced. As soon as the director hit the CD button and the beat began Connor's feet were moving, his whole body was feeling it. It was beautiful! All of the children did great. There were smiles and singing. It was a moment of joy.
During the children's message Al talked with them about the Micah 6:8 passage where God calls us to "act justly" or for the kids (and us) "do good." It is different that just behaving. Connor thought it might mean "doing good things so the rest of the family doesn't get crabby."
That made me think of our "other daughter" Allison, whose little 3 1/2 year old, Karis, said to her the other day, "Mommy, I'm going to disobey you, so just let me pray for you."
At first Allison thought it was a clever manipulative move for a 3 1/2 year old. But then Karis' prayer went like this: "Jesus, give Mommy wisdom. Help her to be a good Mommy. Help her to be patient."
Karis didn't have a particular disobedient act in mind. She just knew there would be more times when she was going to disobey, and Mom would need God's help to be a good Mommy... And not get crabby :)
Beautiful honesty...real prayer...amazing insight into how life and faith work. I love it! We can learn so much if we listen to the children!
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