Do not forsake me!!

    The other day Dori and I were talking about how much I have always missed them when they were away from me. She seemed a little surprised and that got us talking about when they were in Sunday school years ago.

      I would drop them off and they hardly ever cried and truly enjoyed their time away from me with their little friends. As for me, I needed a break, but I also missed them. I was always one of the first parents down in the basement of our old sanctuary  to pick them up. They relied on me and trusted me to not forsake them and be there to sign them out. They had confidence in me and trusted me to get them before I went upstairs to fellowship.


     I worked in the elementary ministry in Sunday school and the infant nursery for the first 6 years we attended Packinghouse. In that time I witnessed children having separation anxiety when they were dropped off, then contentedness and excitement when they were picked up. The children that never reached the contentedness of the separation were the children who's parents would go and fellowship before they claimed their children from the class. There were parents that had to be hunted down after each service to pick up their children. I always thought if they would pick up their kiddos first, and then fellowship with others second, their children would enjoy church and find contentedness with the Sunday school teachers and nursery workers. It was heart breaking to see the disappointment on a child's face when the parents did not come and pick them, but instead had to be chased down to claim their child.


     My children trusted me to put them first, and for that, the Lord blessed me with children that still enjoy church and attend each week. I still miss my kiddos when they are away from me and have been blessed by their friends acceptance of me and a willingness to hang out at our house. I initiate bar-b-ques at our house and invite my kiddos friends and it gives them a place to hang out and play games. Those stories are for another day!!! Today I encourage you to always put your children first and foremost in your lives, because they are smart creatures and know when they come in second. Children trust as as infants and learn to not trust us by our actions!

Psa 53:2

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were [any] that did understand, that did seek God.