Lately I've been working through a list of articles to write and the outline for a book (YIKES!) which have been on my heart and a ton of sticky notes for a while. When to write, what to do with these thoughts, etc. have kept my notes and outlines in a pile collecting dust. Imagine my surprise when I logged into Blogger to see some content published many moons ago. So, just like the movies where they remake, reboot, re-(fill in your own blank), I'm going to keep going with this blog and not worry about starting up something new.
My last article written in 2016 and here we are in 2019...three years shouldn't have so much change, but it does, especially in kiddo years. We now have a tween and a younger elementary age in the house. No more nursery for us! Life is filled with youth group, bikes without training wheels and sometimes I don't cook because they can. It's refreshing. It's also a whole new season with all new stuff coming at us as parents.
Wait...let me rephrase that...It's a whole new season with all new opportunities, blessings, and glimpses as we parent. Perspective is everything.
My last article written the youngest would come to worship for a little bit and then leave for children's church. Now, she stays in church the whole time and loves it. She really does. She loves to find the hymns and sing, find the scriptures in the Bible and follow along. She loves to draw pictures on her bulletin, ask her father a million questions in a whisper (he's hard of hearing so this goes nowhere), and if at all possible irritate her sister. She's awesome.
Baby girl's sister is now a youth and usually sits with family, but sometimes sits with friends or another family. She likes the freedom of being the host of a pew or being received by another. She pretends to not be listening during the sermon, but I catch her nodding her head or looking at me like I'm nuts. I know she's really listening when she tells me something she learned or has a question later in the day. Following worship I can tell how much she's been able to worship by the level of irritated she is or isn't with her sister. She's magnificent. Life is filled with more new than old and sometimes I need to take a minute to breathe it all in and sigh it back out.
It feels good to be back to writing and I look forward to celebrating children (and now tweens) in worship with you! If you have a topic you'd like to see an article on, don't hesitate to send it my direction. You never know how the Spirit will lead.
