I volunteer in Tiny Town 2 at my church. Gavin is in Tiny Town 1, just a door away from where I am. I love peeking in and watching him at play, eating snacks, and learning about God. Today, when I peeked in, I think my heart melted a little. There were the one year olds, sitting in chairs around a table, holding hands in prayer. One year olds. How adorable is that?! God must love looking down on these babies praying, to the best of their ability anyway. Seriously precious. :)
Jacob is really starting to understand and apply the bible stories he hears. Today, they learned about Jonah and the whale. He came running out to me with his craft, a giant whale with little Jonah in his mouth. Jacob remembered Jonah's name and told me that Jonah was sad in the whale's tummy. (Jonah even had a sad crayon face.) A few weeks ago, they were learning about how God will take care of them. At home, Jacob started saying, "God will take care of me, mommy." Then, just the other day, Gavin was screaming in his car seat. Jacob yelled over this curdling scream, "Mommy!! God will take care of him?!?!" Application. Gotta love it.
I also learned something thought-provoking in service today. Up on the screen were words about worship. How important it is. How so many people base their opinion about worship on whether their favorite songs were played. How if they weren't, they felt that worship wasn't good that day. The words continued. What if your focus wasn't on how worship makes YOU feel. What if it was focused on the OBJECT of worship. It's not about us. It's about what we offer up to God.
Wow. I get really caught up in that sometimes. Basing worship on whether or not I like the songs. Singing words without feeling them from my heart. Thinking that hymns are boring, when the words can be so meaningful and give us incredible insight. If our mind is solely focused on Him, we can use any song being played to worship. And let me tell you, once I wrapped my mind around that... worship was good today. Because it wasn't about me.
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Ah yes! Amen to worshipping FOR Him and TO Him...not about us. It's nice to be reminded of that sometimes. :o)
Also...It is so great that Jacob is applying what he's learning from the Bible stories at church. Ayden doesn't understand yet. He won't sit still for even 2 minutes to hear a story or do the craft. I pray that while he is playing and running around...he is still soaking in what the lesson is?!
Okay Jacob's "application" is seriously priceless!! Love it!!!
Wendi
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