Precious Ones

My daughter Juliet is such a character. She says the funniest things almost everyday. For instance, yesterday, she was having a bad attitude about something and I had to have a little talk with her. After our talk, she gave me the saddest face and said, "No one wants to be nice to be nice to me." I looked her right in the eye and said, "I'm sorry, Juliet, but no one is going to be nice to you when you disobey. That's not how it works." She just scrunched up her face and started to cry. A few hugs and kisses later and an apology from the person that hurt her and she was her spunky self once again. Oh, Buggy Bug...

Anyway, speaking of children, I serve every other month in the children's ministry preschool Sunday school. Honestly, it is such a joy to serve there. I really enjoy the age group that I have 4-5 years old. I've taught several lessons over the years, but something struck me yesterday as I was giving the very, very short lesson on Zaccheus. In my lessons, I have an introduction, the body of the lesson, application, and review. During the application time, I was trying to fill up the time by going off my notes and telling the kids how they needed to be eager to see Jesus, just like Zaccheus. As I was speaking from my heart, I was able to look each child in the eye and I realized that there's a precious soul in each of those little bodies. God is powerful enough and gracious enough to reach even the hearts of these little ones.

There are days when this is tough to see, especially when they're not listening for one reason or another, but I'm thankful for these days when I'm clearly reminded of my purpose here on earth: to spread the gospel and bring glory to His name.

GOLDEN NUGGET: Being reminded that the most important thing of all, our salvation, is in the hands of our loving, Almighty Father. May we never cease praying for those who don't know Him, especially those precious little ones.