Last week in our 2nd-3rd grade girls group (led by Linda Helms) we had a young lady give her life to Jesus. This isn't an abnormal event, but the kids reaction to it was; and it had a big impact on me personally. I was standing with our small group director observing the groups when one of Linda's girls came running up excitedly saying "Carrie* wants to get saved, come on!" Since this is the ultimate reason we exist of course I was excited too. The girls in the group, about 7 total, were all gathered around Carrie encouraging her to move ahead with her decision. I asked Carrie if she was ready but it was clear Carrie felt more comfortable talking to Ms Linda than to me...which is exactly why we have small group leaders! Carrie and Ms Linda moved to a private spot to talk while the rest of the girls and I prayed for Carrie to take the steps and ask Jesus into her heart. And she did. When Carrie returned and told the group they immediately burst into screams and sounds only 7 and 8 year old girls can make! They were SO EXCITED! They wanted to have a dance party to celebrate, so we all went back into the UpStreet theatre to do the Cupid Shuffle and the ChaCha Slide...mainstays of all UpStreet dance parties. It was awesome!
It hit me that we should all dance like that when a kid, or anyone else, receives Christ as their Savior. We hold parades for championship teams, parties for turning a year older, and celebrations for completing school...but we don't celebrate salvation's quite as intensely. I learned from a small group of young girls that it should be. Great job Linda, you've got an awesome group of young ladies!
God Bless!!!
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