This week has been quite the story. I have been working with this group of kids for two weeks now. I still don't have the other group of kids out of my system. There is just something special about working with them.
I have found that each teacher operates a little differently. I am adamant about acknowledging that "moment of silence." The kids know that when those announcements come on we are in for about three minutes of daily rituals and when that moment of silence is announced there is no action.
As we all know, prayer in the schools is not acknowledged publicly. I wish I could just take these kids and share with them what I know. I have to tell you though that they have taugh me some lessons which I will share.
At dismissal time there is a tendency to be chaos. The kids know it is time to go home and they are soooo ready. Children from all grades 1-4 that are car riders head for the parking lot. We had them all lined up waiting on the car line to hand them over to their parent as they pulled up.
With each child we placed in a vehicle, the chaos died down. There were only a few kids in my section and it was just quiet enough for me to be able to hear a sweet melodious voice. It was the voice of a little girl singing "bless the Lord oh my soul..,O-O-O my soul, worship His holy name...sing like never before oh my soul...worship His holy name."
She then got involved in a conversation and I bent down close to her and I sang the exact same verse. Her head spun around and she said "*You listen to that radio station?" I simply smiled as her mom drove up to pick her and her brother up. She smiled in return.
This morning I was going to blog about that but I ran out of time. As I started to leave my house and head for school, I heard that song come over our intercom system. I smiled and went my way. Tonight, I told my husband "I'm going to blog" and as I sat at my desk, guess what song was playing on the intercom? You got it!
The sun comes up there's a new day dawning, it's time to sing your song again,
Whatever may pass and whatever comes before me - let me be singing when the evening comes.
Bless the Lord Oh my soul, o-o-o- my soul, worship His holy name,
Sing like never before, oh my soul, worship His holy name.
You're rich in love and your slow to anger-your name is great and your heart is kind
for all your goodness I will keep on singing,
Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find.
As I heard that verse, God really dealt with me as I had struggled with an anger issue. I thought of how this innocent child sang only of worship and lifting her voice to God and yet the same song spoke to me in a manner God intended me to hear.
I am grateful for the innocence of that child who delivered a message that I had missed.
To parents I say "Keep doing it!" Keep exposing your child to the Word of God, Worship and church. The impact will be everlasting!
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. Deuteronomy 6:5-9
*She was making reference to "you" as in a teacher listening.
Song: Ten thousand Reasons [Bless the Lord] Matt Redman
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