This week we had our annual Vacation Bible School at church. Even though I wasn't really looking forward to it, I ended up having a lot of fun as I knew I would. It's been a long week and I'm now exhausted but it was fun to see the kids learning about God, singing, and just having a good time. If I learned anything this week it was about the importance of prayer. A couple things happened that showed me this. It seems I'm learning this a lot lately.
The first thing that happened was this:
I was scheduled to lead games on Thursday as a replacement for the other person doing it. When I saw my name on the paper my first thought was "I can't do this! I am not a leader. I've never led anything in my life. I don't want to."
I kept that attitude for awhile. I don't think it was until Tuesday that it started to change. I prayed about the situation and everything ended up working out. I finally came up with some games the night before and the kids seemed to enjoy them.
The second thing happened tonight.
Tonight was the last day of VBS. Actually, it was at night. For the closing of VBS we have a carnival kind of thing at night. We've done a play every day this week and tonight was the last part.
As it has been a long week, especially for those that worked, everyone was in pretty bad moods today. Everyone was getting on everyone else's nerves and honestly, it was pretty bad. I had already been close to tears from being overwhelmed and the arguing really didn't help. When we were practicing for the conclusion of the play things kept getting worse and worse. Things didn't get any better until Nate stepped up and said firmly, "Guys, we can't go on with this. We haven't prayed once." (Those aren't the exact words but it gets the point across.) Nate then prayed and we all calmed down and were able to finish practicing and it went well after that.
Sometimes we don't realize how a lack of prayer can really hurt our lives and our walk with God. If we're not praying everyday how can we expect to grow? How can we expect to be a testimony if we're not talking to God about every thing in our lives?
That's really all I have to say. I'm sure there's a lot more I could say about this, but honestly I'm too tired to think any more. I think I've earned a rest...
Romans 12:12
Rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer
1 Thessalonians 5:17
Pray without ceasing.
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