But, the other day when i was thinking and preparing the program for Children's Worship, I put this situation in the other direction, what if it is not the kids who are take apart from their parents, instead, it is their parents who are take apart of the kids, so they can enjoy a time created specially for them were they can be kids, and play, scream, run, and sing, and learn?
It is silly, i know, but isn't the way we think when we are about to prepar a program for the kids, "Oh, it is a spiritual day ( for the adults ) let's take the kids apart and give them some kind of entertainment while we are in the meeting".
Kids have the same importance that the adults, they have needs, just like the aduls have, they have feelings just like the aduls have, and they need God, just like the adults need God.
So under this personal conclusion, I understood that kids are important, and they need my 100%, or maybe they need my 150%, because, let me tell you, KIDS CAN RUN AND BE LOUD!!!.
I was the lucky one, i came late to school, so i was the last in the list to lead a sunday program, through this way, i saw how we made mistakes, how we were correct but I also saw how we were getting more and more tools, attitudes, energy, and experince, to the point were everything went the way we thought, we had a complete program, with songs, games, Bible verse, puppets, activities,but there is always something, ALWAYS SOMETHING.
This time, it wasnt the program, this time we thought in how can we involve the people arround us, people how is around ones in a while; maybe if you involve them in what you are doing, that one time in church can become two, three and more, then just God knows what can happend. But think in this way, we are not talking about people we are meeting for the very first time, but we are talking about the parent who decide to go to church with her daugther, or maybe it is some voluteer of your daily feed programs how decide to show up on sunday, or it is a volunteer of you After School Program. So that was what happend to us today, a big number of the Daily Care Center joined us in the Children's Worship, it was something that just happend today, alot of volunteers and few number of kids, so after the program in our time to reflex about what we did, this question came to us, how can we get them involve in what we are doing?
It is hard to answer it right now, but I think i have to be ready, and to see beyond what I noramally see, and the first thought that come to my mind is that I need to be aware of what God is telling me, and the first step to do that, the first step to listen at God, is to pray, Prayer is one of our more powerful tools.
"Do not be anxios about anything, but in everything, with prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God, and his peace which transcend all understanding will guarg your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus"
Philippians 4: 6-7 (NIV)
This is my prayer for this week, I want to hear more from God, I want to say less, but I want to hear more at what God has to tell me.
Peace
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