Making God Personal

Yes, some more amazing Godspots! Actually, I should never be amazed at God because that is who He is - just amazing! I just had to blog today about the 2nd grade girls. I talked with Stephanye Johnson, the Guide of the 2nd grade girls, for an update on how the 2nd grade girl's small group went today. She shared this story:

Two girls found this week's Message of the King (a.k.a Bible verse) of Philippians 3:13b-14 on their own in their personal Bibles (the Bibles are NIrV Versions of the Zondervan Adventure Bible donated by McHenry EFC). They excitedly told Ms. Johnson, "We found the verses in our Bible and we are meditating on it!" Pressing on towards the goal to win the prize is a great verse to meditate on!! The girls in the group then went on to discuss tough situations in their life and how the King helps them to press on through it. Donnisia chimed in some encouragement, "Yeah, you know how the King helped Christian..." and began to retell the story so far of how the King was with Christian even in his difficult moments. During their prayer time to the King asking for His help, they were so overcome with emotion that they started crying!

Another 2nd grade girl story: During free choice time (when all of the rest of the girls in her after-school class were dancing) Kaniyah eagerly sat down in front of one of our bulletin boards with all the past Messages from the King on it. She wanted to copy down all the Bible references and after writing them down, she looked them up one-by-one in her personal Bible. She was SO excited when she would find the verse all by herself - written exactly as she had learned it!

And yet another 2nd grade girl story (since I'm at it): One big struggle of Janae (not her real name) is calming herself down appropriately once she gets angry or frustrated. She and I have talked together on several different occasions and brainstormed helpful ideas. One of those ideas was to sing one of her favorite songs ("Jesus, You're My Firm Foundation")that she learned at C4S to help her calm down. Today when I briefly stopped by her room, I saw that she was clearly agitated. Then I heard her softly sing, "Jesus, You're my firm foundation. I know I can stand secure...." I smiled to myself, my heart bursting with pride for her, and thankfulness to our King for calming her down. (P.S. The song worked!).

It is SO encouraging to see our King's Kids happily embracing their King and finding His Word and praise so comforting and helpful! It's such a joy to lead our King's Kids to the One who loves them even more than I do!