It was after service last week. The voices, giggles, and laughter of hundreds of children had faded away as the building gave way to the silence that follows weekend services. I was walking around checking to make sure everything was turned off.
Suddenly, something caught my attention. It jumped out at me from the glass doors that lead outside. It was a single hand print...left by a child. God's Spirit spoke to me through the still small voice within.
You see....as I knelt down to look at the hand print...behind it was our world globe in the background. As I took this picture, the Holy Spirit reminded me that you reach the world one child at a time.
As I've reflected on this, here are some things God's been teaching me...
- I need to look beyond the crowd and see the person.
- I'm asking God to lead me to one child each weekend that I can connect with and make a difference in his/her life individually. It may be the child with the first time family, the girl who's had a rough week due to her parents going through a divorce, or a child who just needs to know that someone cares.
- I must remember that God loves the world...one person at a time. If that child had been the only person who ever sinned...Jesus would have died just for him/her.
- I need to start intentionally sending an encouraging card or note to at least one child each week. That card will mean the world to him/her.
- Help me to remember that one child reached can be used of God to change the world. Incredible potential lies within that one child I reach.
Posted by Dale Hudson
