Having Fun

 "...the joy of the LORD is your strength..." 

Nehemiah 8:10

     Some may say that fun is not important. Some may say that having fun is a waist of precious time. I say that fun is a great learning tool for rougher days ahead. For children, having fun is a way for them to understand what joy is like; having fun helps them understand what peace feels like; having fun helps them understand the "up" side of life.

     Life is going to get harder and harder. Their hearts will have plenty of time to learn what challenges and disappointments feel like. What concerns me is how well they will do with the difficulties. I want them to be overcomers. I want them to face all of the twists and turns of life with their heads and hearts in the right place. 

     Having fun is literally training them in how to have fun. That fun will in turn help them understand the parts of God's heart that are not so easily grasped by that many. How can God have joy in the midst of pain? How can God have peace in the midst of sorrow?

     Having fun is preparing these mighty men of God. They are being equipped every time I engage with them in laughing and rejoicing over the simplest of things. In this beautiful moment it was splashing in the water flowing out of a sprinkler.

     May God bless each one of you with the power of rejoicing in the small moments - having fun with your precious ones.