As this week begins, I find myself thinking on the many ways the God is evident in our lives. On Wednesday Sept 26th, at elementary, middle, and high schools around the nation. children, teens, Pastors and caring people will gather around the flagpoles and pray for our children for this school year. Now you may think that this gesture is small, but I think that it is huge. To see our young people praying, especially in a public forum such as this, is to be applauded.
During the 1950's a popular Christian song carried the message, "If I am dreaming, then let me dream on". The author had been told that his Christian beliefs were, "a pipe dream". His response was inn this message. The 1970's-90's many Christians began using the phrase, "Our God is an Awesome God", a great song was even written incorporating that very real phrase.
And now as we face a new millenium, if you just look around, this world has no place for our loving God. But the few that will stand up in prayer for what they believe in will keep the message alive, just as those songs did. So whether you are a parent, child, teen, single person, older adult, if you are able to be at a school and pray, that is exactly where you should be. If you can pray during this time at home, do so. Be encouraged, we are talking about the next generation, and should Jesus tarry in his return, they will be the leaders of the future. And maybe, just maybe they will be the ones to undo what was done many years ago~~ that is, to put prayer back IN the schools permanently. Remember our God is an Awesome God!
PJ
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The day of SYATP, the kids and their dad showed up for prayer at our school. No one else was there, & even though Dad offered to go out there with them, that was a hard sell all on their own. So the pole stayed empty. Then the next day, a teacher asked why no one showed up. And then the conversations began..."We didn't know if anyone else would show up" "No one talked about it" "I would have gone if only...."
My prayer is that they all remember the regret they felt that day. I bet if they had gotten out of the car, the pole would have been surrounded, and the prayers would have flown high.
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