Growing up I loved playing on jungle gyms. I’ve had my fair share of experience on these things. I was able to play on one most afternoons while mom stayed after school working and I needed something to keep me entertained.

So it’s only fair that after playing on one so much growing up I turned into one myself.

You may wonder how in the world that is even possible.

Well, when you think of a jungle gym what do you think of?

I think of a piece of playground equipment that you climb all over. You step up. You slide down. You jump all around on it.

And that is exactly what the kids turned me into this month during ministry.

I was their jungle gym.

And in those moments there is nothing else I would have rather been doing.