Last night I helped out with the kids’ service at church, as I’ve been doing this fall, and we learned some good stuff in that hour we were together. I really am just an overgrown child, myself, so learning via object lessons and experiments is really my happiest place.
Last
night we did an experiment that involved drinking glasses, water, raw eggs, and
salt. What could go wrong with 3rd-5th graders in charge
of those things, right? (There were, thankfully, no catastrophes.)
Maybe,
if you’ve been in kids’ ministry, you’ve done this one before, but it was new
for me. We filled the glasses half full with warm water, dropped in an egg, and
watched as it sank. Then we stirred in a little salt. Nothing happened. We
stirred in a little more salt, and the egg rose to the top.
While
we worked on our experiment, the teacher likened the egg to the heavy weights
that sink our hearts and spirits. The salt represented our prayers, which
sometimes don’t seem to change much initially, but after a time, we find the
Lord lifting the weight of our souls.
It
might not be a perfect analogy, but it was a timely one for me yesterday. A
timely one for many of us (for varying reasons) I’m sure. So tempting to stop
praying when we don’t see answers. So easy to let our hearts sink. But when we
stir up our hearts in prayer, we find them lifting. Did you need that reminder?
I did.
1 comment:
Sounds like a great visual for the kiddos!
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