So, i know that right now it is August 5th, but to me it is still August 4th. Today was the first day of VBS (Vacation Bible school) at the Church Of Hope. Very exciting! :) Well, I'll skip ahead and pass the day by in a blur. well lets stop.... here, (at the church of hope now). Standing outside are about 6 or 7 of us. Inviting people to come. Pastor Bill and a few others decided to go canvassing again (cause there were like no kids at all) so we went. It was tons of fun! Well, I'll skip ahead again, (i know its probably annoying but I need to) so anyway, we are almost done and we stop at this tiny little store (i dunno what to call it exactly) and there are kids, we can see them running in and out. lol it was funny. but we sat there debating whether or not to skip it and leave or talk to the kids. So pastor Bill tells me to get out of the car and go do my thing. lol (it was funny the way he said it) So i got out and went up to the boy (he probably thought i was crazy when i started talking to him) but he stayed and when i asked for his parents he said they were inside. So he told his mom i was there. well, when he opened the door a few kids began to make their way over to me. I was probably as curious about them as they were me (or probably not as curious on my part but more of asking myself if they have heard of God before) but I started to talk to them. and the moment I said the word church the little boy and the little girl started jumping up and down yelling "i wanna go to church" over and over again. It was so cute and adorable. well, they came outside with me and i started talking to them more asking about their church life and all. The little girl said they haven't and i asked why and her reply was "I woke up late so we couldn't go". (I was literally thrown back in my mind!) I asked her if she knew any bible stories. She shook her head no. So i sat down on the step (she sat next to me on my right and the little boy was hanging onto the railing and listening) and I began to tell the story of David and Goliath. After that they were both amazed at... God! It was an amazing sight. You should have seen the look on her face. I asked her if she wanted to hear another and she said yes. So i told her of Joseph. And the boy piped up and said he didn't have a bible. (I felt sad for him, it made me wish i had a bible with me to give to him) so i began to tell them more of VBS and church on Sundays/Sunday school. The little girl was amazed that she could hear more stories in Sunday school! :) then their mothers came out and i told them what i told the kids. and the girl's mother was debating on it and about the long walk. But the little girl was jumping and telling her mother she really really wanted to go to church. She looked up at me and with those cute little eyes asked who the Sunday school teacher was. I leaned down and smiled and said I was the Sunday school teacher along with my friend at the church. She smiled so big and lit up and said "YOUR the Sunday school teacher!? I wanna go to Sunday school now!". It was literally amazing. The way God planted a seed in her little heart and put a curiosity for Him there too. He put me in the same place with her to blossom that.... hunger. I thank God that I was able to help her through him. Oh the things God does and the way he does them is indescribable! I absolutely love it though! :)
*I want to keep her in my prayers, that spark i her was ignited today just by a short visit, i want God to keep that spark and turn it into a fire for him... a hunger for God alone. I ask you, if you read this, to keep her in your prayers as well. Her name is Hannah. That's all i know about her. But I feel God has a plan for her. and she can do so much with him in her heart.
I kinda like that. its actually pretty awesome how, something so simple from God can ignite a spark within us, only to form a curiosity, to deepen with a want, followed by a hunger, a thirst, and to keep a flame (a fire) for God! For his word. The things God does to draw us closer to him. It can even be different from another person. But we are all then connected by a similar desire..... a desire for God. I have a flame within my heart for God and God alone. I also have a hunger, for everything about him, for his word. To know everything about him to be closer to God and when I feel close I want to be even closer! :) I am in love with God! and these God moments that happen to me.... I love them! Even if I don't understand them at first.
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