Oooooo.... Shiny

I thought I had given up blogging forever, but I have just realized that I simply had nothing of worth to talk about! Silly me. Now that I have something to say, I will now say it. And that explains my return to blogging.

Also, I have a shiny new backdrop. Everyone say, "Ooooooooooo!" That's right.

I am married now. I know, crazy! But I'm not going to get into that except to say that the wedding was rocking awesome with praise and worship and a salvation message to boot.

Now, three weeks of theater camp, one week of intense seminary/VBS preparation, one week of VBS and two days of youth camp later, here we are.

We are running crazy, which is awesome. I have a cold, which is not awesome and is actually causing me to lose my voice. I have never lost my voice. Hard to believe, I know, but true nonetheless. Luckily for me, the kids at camp really seem to adore me for some reason, so instead of using my failing voice to their advantage, they get quieter for me! Isn't that amazing?

That brings me to the real point of the blog, which is that God is so much mightier than the box we put Him in. I used to say, "I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me," but I didn't really know what it means. I can definitely tell you now. It means that if you say you have no talent for working with children and that children don't like you and you don't like them... God is going to marry you off to a children's minister straight away. And not just an ordinary children's minister. No no no no no. A children's minister who is completely tireless and selfless and really freaking creative with his time. I have been teaching kids grades kindergarten through seniors in high school ever since the return from the honeymoon.

But if you want to know the really interesting part, read this: God has made me good at it. No kidding! I love these kids and... they love me! It's amazing and astounding and I don't deserve it because of my attitude, but God has given me the honor of working through me to see these kids really grasp the Bible. Actually, to be fair, some of them are helping me to grasp the Bible in ways that I had never ever thought of before.

My challenge to you? Don't limit God on what He can do in your life and the lives of others. Allow him to work and he will. Oh, and one more thing. If you get a chance to teach a bunch of little bitties- let them talk to you about the Bible for a while. You might be surprised at what you learn.