Kids Happenings November 2017
Hello church family,
Happy Fall Y’all! Let me tell you, I love fall. The leaves turn beautiful vibrant colors, the air is cool, crisp and fresh. You can open the windows and air out the house and curl up in your favorite chair with your favorite blanket and read a good book or devotional, listen to soft music or write in your journal. It’s a time that I feel I can “Be still” and take in all of God’s many blessings and meditate on them.
I’m not sure if you feel the same way about fall as I do but I pray you are able to find a time to “Be still” and take in all of God’s blessings. Being in the children’s ministry I feel I have an advantage that many don’t. I see so many sweet, innocent, joyful, loving children on a daily basis. Whether it’s in our weekday daycare or during our children’s ministry times on Sundays or Wednesdays. I get hugs, laughter's, jokes and encouragement from our children. This makes my heart sing praises to our Lord for giving me opportunities to see His face through our children and to have wonderful blessings to remember as I’m being still.
If you are in a place where you feel as if you can’t slow down, relax, feel joy, see God’s blessings or even feel His presence, I want to urge you to change what you are doing quickly. God made us to be joyful. The bible tells us “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. “ (Romans 15:13) We were not created to be worrisome, weary, complacent, to have “worldly “busyness and to lack joy. We were created to “Be still” and know that he is Lord. Parents, if we don’t change our ways and stop the worldly busyness or running our children from point A to point B and even to point C… we will lose our joy and be so busy to remember our purpose as Christian parents.
Change now, don’t wait till next year or assume you are too far involved that you don’t want to disappoint your child or the PTA. Make the change to invest more into yours’ and your children’s spiritual walk and less busyness towards worldly desires. Don’t get me wrong I have raised athletes and watching them play their sport brings me great joy but it’s only temporary. I have to have another game to fill my cup for their love of the sport. But to have a child that you have invested into their spiritual walk, knowing they will go into their adulthood knowing Christ Jesus and living for Him, you will never be left wanting more for your child. You will never be left thinking you should have done things differently.
So open the windows, take a seat, find a blanket, breathe in, and “Be still”. Our Lord wants you to be the parent He has made you to be. Show your children what priorities look like when you follow a loving God that wants us to never be too busy for Him and His people.
Thank you for allowing me to love on your kiddos.
April