Mighty Power
My church is a wonderful place. There are so many different people in so many different places in their walks with God. They focus on love and truth and right now, the Holy spirit is moving. All the while, my children are witnessing and watching adults and children serve and love their Lord with great zeal, intensity, and yearning. I am so proud of this! I am so overwhelmed in the way God works through the hearts of all the volunteers and leaders and I only hope that my children continue to have seeds planted in their hearts.
This week the church is REALLY focusing on worship. Worship is such a precious time for me. I feel so close and so engaged with God. I am always overwhelmed with the love that He shows me. I'm not sure why, but just the thought about His love being unconditional, no strings attached, just floors me. He wants me to want Him and I do...I so ever do. I feel the closest to God when I am in deep worship. The thing is my kids don't get to see that part very often. Sure, I sing the songs with them, I pray with them, we "jam" together as a family, and they know my love for God because I show them how important He is to me. But, often times I rarely get to show the kids how important worship is for my relationship with God and how overwhelmingly lovely it can be. Until this week...I have been able to worship with my children twice this week, and it's only Monday! They have witnessed how emotional I get and they have seen me pray and worship and have been excited to join me.
Our church provides so many opportunities for these children to see God living and working. The church doesn't make it seem like its something you have to wait for adulthood to understand. They make it real and relevant for the kids. They have serving opportunities for the kids each month and they are all things the kids are able to actively participate in. So, tonight at the worship service they provided papers and crayons and said to the kids, "Here are some papers. If you feel like drawing that's great. And if you feel like giving it to someone you should just do it." Luke sat down and started drawing like crazy. His little hands moving vigorously. He lifts up his little head, big eyes looking up at me, and says, "Mom, this is Jesus's Power. It's MIGHTY," he says in a gruff voice. The picture below just speaks volumes:
That's exactly my emotions about Jesus's power. Its's all over, it is blissfully overwhelming, it's colorful, he meets me in my mess. Luke got up and handed it to one of the volunteers he knows and was happy to give it to her. I love the way the Holy Spirit is moving and that our church is giving it the opportunities to do it's thing :). I love that I was able to worship with my son, pray deeply and thoughtfully with my son, he was able to express his feelings, and he also saw his father serving while playing in the worship band. I love that I have this memory.
There were so many wonderful things I experienced tonight, but this is the one I will share with you. Thank you son for having a heart for God and may it continue to grow deeper.
"Serve the Lord with celebration. Come before Him with shouts of Joy!" Psalm 100:2
This week the church is REALLY focusing on worship. Worship is such a precious time for me. I feel so close and so engaged with God. I am always overwhelmed with the love that He shows me. I'm not sure why, but just the thought about His love being unconditional, no strings attached, just floors me. He wants me to want Him and I do...I so ever do. I feel the closest to God when I am in deep worship. The thing is my kids don't get to see that part very often. Sure, I sing the songs with them, I pray with them, we "jam" together as a family, and they know my love for God because I show them how important He is to me. But, often times I rarely get to show the kids how important worship is for my relationship with God and how overwhelmingly lovely it can be. Until this week...I have been able to worship with my children twice this week, and it's only Monday! They have witnessed how emotional I get and they have seen me pray and worship and have been excited to join me.
Our church provides so many opportunities for these children to see God living and working. The church doesn't make it seem like its something you have to wait for adulthood to understand. They make it real and relevant for the kids. They have serving opportunities for the kids each month and they are all things the kids are able to actively participate in. So, tonight at the worship service they provided papers and crayons and said to the kids, "Here are some papers. If you feel like drawing that's great. And if you feel like giving it to someone you should just do it." Luke sat down and started drawing like crazy. His little hands moving vigorously. He lifts up his little head, big eyes looking up at me, and says, "Mom, this is Jesus's Power. It's MIGHTY," he says in a gruff voice. The picture below just speaks volumes:
That's exactly my emotions about Jesus's power. Its's all over, it is blissfully overwhelming, it's colorful, he meets me in my mess. Luke got up and handed it to one of the volunteers he knows and was happy to give it to her. I love the way the Holy Spirit is moving and that our church is giving it the opportunities to do it's thing :). I love that I was able to worship with my son, pray deeply and thoughtfully with my son, he was able to express his feelings, and he also saw his father serving while playing in the worship band. I love that I have this memory.
There were so many wonderful things I experienced tonight, but this is the one I will share with you. Thank you son for having a heart for God and may it continue to grow deeper.
"Serve the Lord with celebration. Come before Him with shouts of Joy!" Psalm 100:2
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