Kids ministry takes energy. Every Sunday I have to bring my A game whether I feel like it or not, because if I don't, the kids can tell something just isn't right. If Miss Kati isn't happy, nobody's happy (or something like that).
This past week I was sick. Really, really sick. I even took my first sick day in 2 years of working here. Saturday night I went to bed wondering how I could possibly show up for work the next day. I simply asked the Lord for the strength I knew He could give, and I went to sleep.
By His grace I woke up the next day feeling right as rain. I had the energy (and my voice back!) to teach the Bible lesson and connect with the kids. It lasted all morning and afternoon, but come Sunday night I was back in bed with a fever until Monday night.
I'm happy to say that today I'm doing good, but I can't help to think how great that Sunday morning was.
God is so faithful to carry us from strength to strength. He knew exactly how much I needed to make it through that day, to make sure things ran smoothly, to give love to kids, to bring energy to the lesson, and to connect with my leaders.
I wonder today what you're going through. Are you in need of His strength just to get through a few hours, or maybe longer? Just ask Him because He is so faithful to answer.
Psalm 84
How lovely is your dwelling place,
O LORD Almighty!
My soul yearns, even faints,
or the courts of the LORD
my heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God.
Even the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may have her young—
a place near your altar,
O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
they are ever praising you. Selah
Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
they make it a place of springs;
the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
They go from strength to strength,
till each appears before God in Zion.
Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty;
listen to me, O God of Jacob. Selah
Look upon our shield, O God;
look with favor on your anointed one.
Better is one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
the LORD bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold
from those whose walk is blameless.
O LORD Almighty,
blessed is the man who trusts in you.
With love,
HDC’s ministry is designed to prepare individuals to engage their relational world, their oikos (the Greek word for “household”), with the tremendous news of God’s grace.