Friday, June 23, 2006

Matt 18:2-5

He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.

This week at camp I had a group of 7-10 year olds!! They were awesome...so full of life and adventure!! They wanted to try everything and it didn't matter what it was...it was great and they would find a way to have fun!! And trust me we did have fun!! The one thing i love about the little kids is their ability to love, and to be loved!! They love everyone and they trust without having to know why!! How hard is it to be an adult like that....man, i can't even tell you!! It hard after life starts knocking you down to keep that trust in people and even in God...and we are very much a people that have to know why and how and how is that going to benefit me!! One thing that i found outstanding about this last week is that the last two days it rained!! Thursday it was when they were getting to camp and it wasn't raining hard but it looked like it could rain for a while.... in our morning "family time" i asked the girls to pray for something that they wanted for the day....most of them asked that the rain would stop and the sun would come out!! Well, sure enough it did and it didn't rain a drop the rest of the day!! Today, when the superhero "father nature" came out...it started raining and let up for a while then started pouring!! Our group then got together and prayed that the rain would stop and the sun would come out!! Sure enough...the rain stopped and the sun came out and the rest of the day was great!! Some of you may be thinking...well that just oklahoma and thats how it works but i have a hard time believing that!! These girls who didn't know how to "pray properly" knew that all they had to do was ask and ask for anything and not worry about what anyone thought and they knew...just knew that what they ask for would happen!! That to me is having faith of a child...that to me is one of the hardest things ever!!

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