Reason to SMILE #40: KIDISMS – ROUND 2 (Because 1 “kidism” is never enough!)
On New Year’s Day, my boys and I sat in church as the pastor issued his New Year’s Challenge/Inspirational Message to the faithful few who attended service that cold and rainy morning. His sermon text was Philippians 4:13: “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.” After a few introductory comments, the pastor questioned the congregation, “Can you really do ALL things through Christ?”
He then proceeded with four arguments for an affirmative answer to his query. The first argument was that you can do all things through Christ if you want to. Pastor called this the principle of Personal Desire. He explained this principal by pointing out that most of us find a way to do the things that we really want to do. If we want to go to the movies, we make the time. If we want to buy a car, we find the financing. Anything that we truly desire to do, we find a way to make it happen. He then brought into question the nature of our desires: Do we want to serve God? Do we want to have a deeper relationship with our Heavenly Father? Do we want to further His Kingdom? Finally, the pastor inquired of the congregation once again, “What do you WANT to do?”
Now at this point in a sermon, I fully expect my younger son to be slumped down in the pew or leaning forward with his head in his hands half-listening and half-daydreaming. It seemed, however, that my son was fully alert and attentive on that particular morning. As soon as the pastor asked, “What do you want to do?”, my son leaned over toward me and whispered, “I want to teleport!”
Okay. So, he was just half-listening and half-daydreaming and he definitely missed the pastor’s point. That’s my kid, though – never a dull moment but those moments always make me SMILE!
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