On Wednesdays and Sundays, I teach a group of the most amazing middle school boys. Even though they are total divas I honestly love these kids with all my heart, and I have loved getting to know them since camp last summer. They are truly a huge part of my life and that grows more and more every day. I am beyond proud of these kids. When my Grandpa died on Saturday March 24th that following Wednesday one of my Co-Leaders came to my grandmother’s house and hand delivered heart filled letters, and these letters weren’t the usually “I’m sorry for your loss” letters. These kids were quoting scripture! They talked about how he isn’t really dead that one day we will see him again running to us with arms wide open to give us the biggest hug imaginable. And these kids brought me, my grandma, and my entire family to tears. I couldn’t even describe the amount of comfort I felt by those letters, and how proud I was of my boys. My church had a 5k a few months ago and five of my boys were in the race to support missions. West and Tom ran the race together and came in 1st and 2nd for their age group! I ran up gave them the biggest hug and took their pictures with their medals. I was so proud and overcome with joy for my boys. Thinking back now knowing how proud I was as just a small group leader I can’t even imagine how proud our heavenly father is. How proud he is of all of us and how much God loves us as the bride of Christ. As I’m writing this so many verses are coming to mind.
Jeremiah 1:5 tells us “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nation”.
In 1st John 3:1-2 it says “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.”
It honestly just amazes me how God can love us for who we are. The dirty raggedy sinners this world has made us, and He still is proud to call us sons and daughters and coheirs to the kingdom of Heaven.
