20 years ago....

So, last night at the gym while I was walking on the treadmill I was listening to a Podcast of Leonard Sweet's and he said something I have not been able to get out of my mind today....I believe it's beneficial for all of us so I'm sharing.


Saying….“I am thine, Lord, other than
'here I am' is a position of the heart

Think about it. It's almost as if saying the first puts you in a completely humbled position and is giving the Lord COMPLETE control over your heart where as the latter can almost be a have to with a reluctancy of really wanting to. Anyway....ponder on it!

Tonight I was completely beyond blessed by getting to go cheer Scarlett on at her Kickball game. Beth and Peyton were at Lincoln's Championship Basketball game so Scarlett needed someone to cheer her on. It was cool for her to have her "Sister" (that's what she calls me) cheering her on in the stands. She wanted to introduce me to everyone. WOW! The memories flooded me of when I was 7 and played Kickball. I absolutely LOVED watching her play. We went to dinner afterwards and I could tell something was bothering her but she wasn't wanting to talk about it. I just love how the Lord always puts me in positions with children to teach them a truth about His love and especially a truth out of His Word. After a little bit of questions about her day she began to tell me about a friend at school that was making fun of her today and that it really hurt her feelings. It made my heart sad that her little heart had been hurt. She sat at the table and these big tears began to fall off of her face with her saying "I just don't understand because I didn't do anything to her to make her say that to me." It was such a great opportunity for me to first tell her that I was sorry that someone hurt her heart and that I knew exactly what that felt like. Secondly, I was able to praise her for not falling into the trap of getting angry and saying something back to her friend that was unkind but her simply walking away and not saying anything was exactly what made Jesus proud of her. Third, we memorized a Bible Verse together. When I taught Kindergarten, our class scripture was out of Ephesians, "Do not let any hurtful words come out of your mouth, only those which are good and pleasing to Jesus." Of course, that has the 'Miss Holly' twist on it but you get the jest! So tonight was my opportunity to share that with Scarlett. I've come to never underestimate the power of God's love and care that can be so evident to even the youngest of hearts. Scarlett took the verse and it enabled us to have a lengthy discussion about kind and unkind words, showing Jesus to our friends, and remembering what Jesus thinks about us is what counts the most. He continues to amaze me and teach me through HIS littlest. Attached is a picture of Scarlett on the Kickball field....where 20 years ago I played! WOOHOO!