To follow up on my post of 03.12.12...
11. For a 5-year old, my blue jeans are an adequate replacement for a Kleenex.
12. Glow necklaces and a dark gym = best night ever.
13. I love the kids I serve.
14. Children remember everything you say.
15. Children are learning from your words and your actions...whether or not you think they are listening or watching.
16. Children need to see that church and the people there are different from anywhere else...and they need to know that this is only because of Jesus.
17. Sleep is still overrated...
18. Children's Ministry reminds me daily that I am inadequate...Christ is my enabler.
19. Hearing I love you from a child gets me every time.
20. Loving our children is not just the "job" of the volunteers who serve...it is the privilege of the entire church.
to be continued...
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Friday, February 22, 2013
Just what the world needs...another blog post about Tebow
Let me start out by saying I am not a Tim Tebow (the football player) fan. It stems way back from a SEC Championship game a few years back...but that is a another blog for another day. However, I do appreciate his team first attitude and his tenacity on the football field. And as a believer in Jesus Christ, I love that as ESPN and the entire sports world watches and reports on his every move...he has professed Christ openly.
Tim made news again yesterday as he backed out of a commitment to speak at First Baptist Church in Dallas for reasons that he did not define...but the media and fellow Christians have defined for him. As I read and hear professing Christians bash a fellow brother in Christ, all I can think is that the world is loving every minute of this.
If Tim Tebow did back out of his speaking engagement at First Baptist Dallas for the reasons that are be credited to him...is it really any different that what every believer has done at some point or at many points in their walk with Christ? I look back on my walk and ask myself how many times have I neglected to stand up for the Gospel of Jesus Christ? How many times has God opened a door for me to share the Gospel with a lost soul and I have shut the door in His face? How many times have I been graciously given the opportunity to share truth and I have turned my back on the opportunity?The only difference between my failures and Tim Tebow's failures is that when I fail the Associated Press is not writing an article about it, it is not the lead story on ESPN, I am not trending on Twitter, and the blogosphere is not lit up with posts about me.
I am not apologizing for Tim Tebow if what is being reported is indeed the whole story. There are a couple of things I wish he would have differently, but there is not a day that goes by that I don't wish that I had done something differently for the cause of Christ. I am praying for Tim Tebow, Leslie Wise, and every believer that the next time and every time that the Creator of the universe opens a door to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ that we will boldly step through, with no fear of man or repercussions, but with a supernatural faith in Jesus Christ.
"And he said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.” And as he spoke to me, the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me. And he said to me, “Son of man, I send you to the people of Israel, to nations of rebels, who have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me to this very day. The descendants also are impudent and stubborn: I send you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ And whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house) they will know that a prophet has been among them. And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions. Be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house."
Tim made news again yesterday as he backed out of a commitment to speak at First Baptist Church in Dallas for reasons that he did not define...but the media and fellow Christians have defined for him. As I read and hear professing Christians bash a fellow brother in Christ, all I can think is that the world is loving every minute of this.
If Tim Tebow did back out of his speaking engagement at First Baptist Dallas for the reasons that are be credited to him...is it really any different that what every believer has done at some point or at many points in their walk with Christ? I look back on my walk and ask myself how many times have I neglected to stand up for the Gospel of Jesus Christ? How many times has God opened a door for me to share the Gospel with a lost soul and I have shut the door in His face? How many times have I been graciously given the opportunity to share truth and I have turned my back on the opportunity?The only difference between my failures and Tim Tebow's failures is that when I fail the Associated Press is not writing an article about it, it is not the lead story on ESPN, I am not trending on Twitter, and the blogosphere is not lit up with posts about me.
I am not apologizing for Tim Tebow if what is being reported is indeed the whole story. There are a couple of things I wish he would have differently, but there is not a day that goes by that I don't wish that I had done something differently for the cause of Christ. I am praying for Tim Tebow, Leslie Wise, and every believer that the next time and every time that the Creator of the universe opens a door to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ that we will boldly step through, with no fear of man or repercussions, but with a supernatural faith in Jesus Christ.
"And he said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.” And as he spoke to me, the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me. And he said to me, “Son of man, I send you to the people of Israel, to nations of rebels, who have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me to this very day. The descendants also are impudent and stubborn: I send you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ And whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house) they will know that a prophet has been among them. And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions. Be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house."
- Ezekiel 2.1-6
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