Embarrassing or Just Right?

The odd part about my life is that I am able to see things from the front of the church that the rest of the congregation doesn't see.  Well, me the other worship leader and the choir.  We get to see out into the congregation and with our church, through the glass doors.  I really enjoy this gift and up until today had not processed how much I love the view.  Here is what I see...

• Children leaning on their parent's shoulders or drifting off to sleep in the lap of a loved one.
• Teens passing notes and giggling, but somehow paying attention as well.
• Little ones climbing up and over their parents as if the Sanctuary is part jungle gym.
• Young people drawing on the free space in the bulletin or working the puzzle from the children's bulletin.
• Groups of kids sitting on the edge of their seats waiting to be called forward for the Time with Children.
• Kids giving "high-5's" to their parents on the way out of church.
• The Children's Church crowd lining back up to come into worship, finding their place.

And today when the children came into worship looking for their parent(s) I lamented that I wasn't sitting in the pew.  I wouldn't get that hug from Macie with a grin and a whisper of what she had just learned.  Sitting where I do I realize the sacrifices made receiving and answering God's call at times.  God's grace and love is in abundance as always this morning and Macie walked straight down the aisle after not seeing her Dad...to me.  She walked up the steps and gave me the hug, smile and whisper and then seeing my husband waved as she found her seat in the pew. 

Embarrassed?  Never.  All of these acts of the young people in the church are just right.  They are the Body of Christ today.  We may have a teen passing notes or a toddler crawling on us as if we are the monkey bars, but they are in the right place at the right time.  Our God is indeed and awesome God.