VBS Day Three: We had 22 kids
yesterday. Several brand new
attendees. And with that many kids came
some new … challenges. As they all began
to get familiar with the songs and with each other, it became apparent that the
time had come for going a little wild and crazy during the singing segment. With the motions that accompany the songs, it
is pretty much like dancing anyway, so it was but a short trip to leaping and
frolicking and running around in uncontrolled circles – abandoning themselves
to the fun/chaos of the moment. Sure
looked like fun to me. And what
participation I managed to involve myself in was indeed quite fun. I hate it when pain prevents me from being
childlike. That’s the worst part of this
whole rheumatoid arthritis/spinal stenosis/bulging disk ordeal. It didn’t take long for Lauren to step in
and regain absolute control over the group, though. And she did it with a whisper, not a
whistle. Amazing.
My “favorite kid moment” I heard from my
office as I worked on Sunday’s Sermon. From
what I could gather, they were in craft time working on individual paintings of
the fiery furnace of Shadrak, Meshak, and Abednego. The idea seemed to be for the kids to first
use crayons to draw the base of the picture.
Then they were to go over the top with those water based paints. Wherever there was crayon, the paint wouldn’t
stick. Kind of like decorating Easter
eggs. As the teacher explained the
process to the younger kids, I heard her say, “You will get a really cool water
color effect.” To which one of the kids
immediately replied, “A what? What’s
that?” How do you explain the nuances of water color effect to a
six-year-old? Gotta give that teacher
credit, though. She managed to
communicate the concept, and the pictures were amazing.
Psalms 37:37 says, “Consider the blameless, observe the upright; there is a future for the
man of peace.”
Father, thank you for questioning minds and
creative concepts. Even among
six-year-olds. Amen.
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