Refocused

Good evening to all of you~ It’s Wednesday! Hang in there:)

Would you come over here and sit down with me - just for a few. Wanna tell you about my morning - if that’s okay. Please make yourself comfortable - there is coffee, tea, apple juice:) - whatever you like it’s there. Sit back - put your feet up - go ahead and rest for a few minutes.

I have shared with you that I work with preschoolers. I love being with them - helps get me through the day. They have such a different view of life then we do. It helps me keep things in proper perspective - or try anyway.

One of the things I get to do is what we call Motor Development or Motor Movement. I love it!  It gives me the chance to work with all the kids and it is “our” time together.

We do lots of things with this time. It is a time to learn about balance and running and how to bounce a ball; etc. We do so many different things and though it is “learning stuff” the kids see it as play time with Miss Sheri:) I love it! I love watching them progress through out the year and begin to “do” the things that they could not do at the beginning of the year.  It is such a sense of accomplishment for them to become successful at the things they are being taught.

So why did I bring this up you say? I heard that question:) I bring it up because of what the lesson plan was about. One of the things they had to do - they had to walk sideways across a 6 ft board. Might not sound hard but for 2 and 3 year olds it is rather tough! And they had to keep their eyes up. They couldn’t look down at their feet - they had to keep their eyes on me as we walked down and then walked back to the other end.

It was quite comical to watch how some of them didn’t even attempt to keep their eyes up - those are the ones I had to reach over and lift their chin up and hold their focus where it belonged. Some of them kept their “faces” up but the eyes would sneak “down” and peak so that they could see where they are going:)  some would go back and forth - sometimes looking down and sometimes looking up.

One was trying so very hard not to look and not having much success so with one hand I held her chin up and then held her hand with the other. Man was that hard! She wanted so badly to look:) - So, I told her that if she held her tongue just right - that would help:) And she did it and it worked! lol go figure

Anyway - you know where I am going with this right? Whatever God asks of us will usually require trusting Him beyond what we think is possible. It might even require Him holding up our chin:) He does that you know~ Did you know that? He does - sometimes He does it through His word~ Sometimes it is His Spirit that lifts our gaze back onto Him. Sometimes He brings a brother or sister in Christ who comes alongside at just the right moment. They can’t walk it for you but they stand in front of you or beside you - cheering you on - Lifting your chin so that your eyes stay where they belong. Sometimes even making you laugh so that even for a brief moment the path doesn’t seem so bad:)

This most certainly was longer then planned - sorry for taking so much of your time. I pray that some how God uses it to speak to you tonight. Good night and God bless~ 

Originally Written 1/30/02