Life

There are many days where I get frustrated with my job, the children's ministry one. I lose site of the significance of raising up children of God and instead focus on the teachers who want to complain about one thing or another, and the screaming and crying of kids in bad moods, or the parents who want me to change a rule just for them. Today, however, was not one of those days.

Today God reminded me in a HUGE way why it is that I do what I do. Today one of my girls, Libby, made the decision to give her life to Christ and be baptized. Today she ran into class with a smile a mile wide and said, "Miss Megan, I get to be baptized today!" Today I was reminded of when I first made that same decision all those years ago.

Libby is probably one of the sweetest girls you will ever meet. She loves everything and everyone around her. She is kind and giving to other children and she's one of the first ones to volunteer in class when something needs to be done. But even with all of that Libby knew that wasn't enough to get her right with God. She knew she had to make the decision to trust and rely on someone bigger than herself. She said she was excited and nervous all at the same time, but nothing was going to stop her. And then I realized why the "Kingdom of God belongs to ones such as these."

When is it as adults that we lose this excitement and nervousness? When is it that we start looking at our cross to bear as being more of a chore than a privilege. I'm not sure when it happened to me, but it did. And today, a little girl reminded me that no matter whether it be our physical life or spiritual one, we get to do it and that is what makes all the difference!

As a funny little side story, Libby is a champion swimmer and not afraid of the water. She's just like a fish in water actually. As we were heading to the pool she asked Renae if she was going to have to hold her down under the water for a couple of minutes before she could bring her back up. Renae assured her that it was just a quick dunk and just laughed. You gotta love how kids minds work!