The last few weeks, we've been talking about the question "What is the church?"
Today my daughter showed me a great answer to that question.
It started as I was about to leave for the office, and Jubilee came and sat on my lap. She noticed that I have a fever blister, and she asked me if she could pray for my "owie." I told her she could, and she prayed the sweetest little prayer.
Her prayer made me think, why don't I ask people more often how I can pray for them? Am I in such a hurry that I don't even notice other peoples "owies"?
Matthew 18: 2-4 says,
"He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: 'I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.'"
The great thing about kids is that they see everything, and they're not afraid to ask about it. Jubilee, in her innocent way, showed me that she cared about my owie and she knew that Jesus cares too.
As the church, we should be doing the same thing for each other.
So today I'm asking you, what is your owie?
I was reminded of this weakness in my walk on Sunday when Amber's back went out before church. We joked about "walking on her back" and made sure she had ibuprofen but I never offered to pray for her "owie". I want to be more of a prayer warrior for our church family!
ReplyDeleteJohn Petersen