Two month anniversary
It’s been two months since I committed to the children’s ministry at our church. The first six weeks were pretty rough. Not rough because of the kids. I love kids and our kids are great. It’s just hard to initially build a relationship with kids, especially when you see them once a week. The CM has been going through a LOT of transitions too and a lot of order has been put into place since they got a new pastor. I’m almost certain these changes were hard on them too. In a GOOD way.
But over the past two weeks, things have really began to fall into place. It’s still difficult to have a relationship with the kids, but it’s getting better. I had a great talk with David Cha today about ministry. He’s been doing ministry for a long time and shared his wisdom with me. He really put ministry into perspective–you are responsible for young souls. That is a HUGE responsibility.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the past two months it’s this–NEVER underestimate kids. They are cognizant of even the smallest details and they are SMART. They are also manipulative and lie! I didn’t know kids would lie to me! There’s also a lot that these kids go through and being at this age, they don’t have the proper outlets to talk these issues out. Some of my student’s have gone further in some life stages than I have. One of my students has to deal with the death of his mother. He’s 10.
I am learning to care for these students and to really love them. I’ve learned so much that benefits my own spiritual life as well. Grow in wisdom not to please man, but grow in wisdom to know God. The deeper we know God, our love for Him grows deeper as well.
And on a side note, if you ever teach children’s ministry or even youth, don’t peek while praying! There are going to be some kids who mess around during prayer, it’s guaranteed. But rather than glaring at them, just model what prayer should be. They’ll catch on. If they don’t, then you know what to pray:
“LORD, get them!”