The Faith of a Child

The Little Children and Jesus

¹⁵ People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. ¹⁶ But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. ¹⁷ Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”


I did not want to go to church tonight. I wasn't feeling well. I was diagnosed with Polycystic ovarian syndrome and the on set of diabetes today. I have been in a lot of pain lately with the POS a lot of cramping and was just worn out from the day. We don't have Wednesday services every week. Only the first Wednesday of the Month, it is called Access. Access is a time to reflect on what is going on in our lives a service that is all about PRAYER. We praise and worship God and pray for all the needs of anyone and everything. But before Access came the receiving of the goods! :)


At Journey church we have been preparing and receiving all the trimmings for Thanksgiving Baskets! On Tuesday of this week we gathered to separate the goods by product for example stuffing all in one place, canned goods, gravy, and cranberry sauce etc. So as people showed up tonight with more we were separating that and stocked the tables to prepare for the bagging part which would come after the Access service. As I was working our Pastors wife came in and asked me as she had seen on Facebook about me not feeling well and having a rough day "wait what are you doing here?" "I thought you weren't feeling well?"

Might I say this gave me a new respect for Facebook today as she saw my post and I realized that even when we don't think people are listening they are!


"I responded with I'm still not, but I am here!" I explained to her about my diagnosis and all the news I had gotten today and she immediately asked if she could pray for me. AMAZING! I have never had that before. She is an amazing person and her heart is as pure as Gold!  Her love for the church and the people of Journey is abundantly flowing from her everyday I see her! She makes me want to be a better person because I see her faith in Christ and all that her family has overcome and it gives me hope for the future.  Her prayer made me feel so much better. (Sometimes I think it is so nice to have someone else pray for you.  As for me, I know I feel like I am asking for something instead of truly praying) She is so amazing in that way. Sometimes she will stop in mid sentence and because it is on her mind/heart to pray for something she just does. It is a relationship with God that I would like to have. The words to pray and the courage to do so. Sometimes I get self conscience about what I am saying especially when praying out loud. (Something I am working on)

The service was AWESOME. We have what we call a Rapid Fire Prayer chain. It is where people come up to the microphone, in front of all people there in the church and those watching on-line and pray. You can pray for whatever you like. There were prayers for healing tonight, there were prayers for our politicians, and prayers for missionaries leaving for Haiti tonight. Every prayer touched my heart, as you see some with less confidence step out in Faith because it is what God is calling them to do. You hear their voices tremble as a child's would when they are asking their earthly father for something they know they are not worthy of. Because who are we to ask GOD the one who gave his son for anything? If he wanted it done...... wouldn't he do it? Not necessarily! God asks us to come to him with faith like a child. Tonight we saw just that.

A child, a young boy, I would guess about 8-10 years old walked up with great faith and boldness and asked for prayer for his father that he might stop drinking. May I say my heart immediately broke and rejoiced for that child at the same time. How sad is it that he is going through this, but how happy is God that this child trusted in him (God) enough to stand in front of all those people and believe in his heart that his father can be healed. Mike and I were so overwhelmed with emotion for this child and were so blessed by his boldness. We went to him after service and prayed for their father and prayed for his addiction. The children shared with us that their dad was going into rehab. Mike and I were so blessed by these children. We wept and rejoiced with them that dad was taking these steps for corrective action and will continue to pray for his recovery. Who knows maybe one day they will all join us in Celebrate Recovery.

I am so thankful that we did not stay home and that God lit the fire in me to go. I am so thankful that we were blessed by the whole night. By the fellowship, by the praise and worship, and mostly by God. Everyday it becomes more evident that I am HIS and he is MINE!