Encouraging each other.

  The verse for the day and month is "Encourage one another, and build each other up".  The kids did drawings of buildings to illustrate thier lesson.  In worship our verse song from the "Hide 'Em in Your Heart" CD by Steve Green" was lively and we pretended to build a tall building as we sang.

When it was time to pray for the kids I was inspired by the verse.  "OK kids, today for prayer we are going to build each other up by praying for each other.  Can you pray for the other kids in this class?, We'll break into groups of three or four and each group will have a teacher to help, but I want you to encourage each other and pray for each other ok?"  Even as I said this I thought "How will this ever work? They are only 2-4 years old. This will be chaos! There's no way they have the attention span for this!"  I turned around to my little group to see two little girls with thier hands already on a two year old little girl's back.  One was already praying earnestly "Oh Lord please be with _____".  I was awed by their spirituality, no less complete than my grown up version. Oh God, my faith is so little sometimes.  Yet you have given such faith and love and spiritual gifts to these little ones!