Tonight, at church, we were talking about God stuff. Crazy, i know.
One of the girls gave a little talk about her faith; what it meant to her and how it had led her to be where she was. She said that she'd learnt that everyone's story was important, no matter how unexciting it may seem to you. You just never know what it means to someone else. I wish i had that kind of faith in my own 'story'. But i can tell you now, no matter what people may tell me, my 'story' full of doubt, insecurity and indecision will not be a guiding light to anyone, and would probably do more good being kept to myself.
People were talking about the fact that people have stopped putting their entire faith in God. Or something like that, i can't quite remember. But that's not the point. Here's the part i was wondering about. Last week, we cancelled Wednesday Kids Club. I wasn't too sold on the idea, but the powers that be don't agree, so i kept my mouth shut. I understand that it may not be a productive way to spend our time if we only have two kids. But i wasn't completely sure that we'd never get anymore. I thought that if we just kept going, we'd get more kids. Just a few. Is that having faith that God would send us more kids? Or just me hoping? Last week was the first week without a session. Two more kids showed up and one called to inquire about it - but we had to send them home. If we'd just kept going for one more week, we'd be up to five kids... it's a pity that things happened the way that they did.
It was an interesting service. Would have been better if i didn't have a raging fever and hadn't been shooting back and forth between boiling hot and freezing cold, or been feeling faint and stuffed up... but hey, i had a whole month of not being sick, i should be grateful for just that much!
One of the girls gave a little talk about her faith; what it meant to her and how it had led her to be where she was. She said that she'd learnt that everyone's story was important, no matter how unexciting it may seem to you. You just never know what it means to someone else. I wish i had that kind of faith in my own 'story'. But i can tell you now, no matter what people may tell me, my 'story' full of doubt, insecurity and indecision will not be a guiding light to anyone, and would probably do more good being kept to myself.
People were talking about the fact that people have stopped putting their entire faith in God. Or something like that, i can't quite remember. But that's not the point. Here's the part i was wondering about. Last week, we cancelled Wednesday Kids Club. I wasn't too sold on the idea, but the powers that be don't agree, so i kept my mouth shut. I understand that it may not be a productive way to spend our time if we only have two kids. But i wasn't completely sure that we'd never get anymore. I thought that if we just kept going, we'd get more kids. Just a few. Is that having faith that God would send us more kids? Or just me hoping? Last week was the first week without a session. Two more kids showed up and one called to inquire about it - but we had to send them home. If we'd just kept going for one more week, we'd be up to five kids... it's a pity that things happened the way that they did.
It was an interesting service. Would have been better if i didn't have a raging fever and hadn't been shooting back and forth between boiling hot and freezing cold, or been feeling faint and stuffed up... but hey, i had a whole month of not being sick, i should be grateful for just that much!
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