Glory to God in highest heaven,and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased. Luke 2:14
On Sunday in Kingdom Kids, we talked about peace and looked for it in the stories of Jesus in the book of Luke. There were people healed, provided for, set free, and raised from the dead - all demonstrations of the wholeness Jesus gives.
As we closed in prayer, I asked the children how they may personally need the peace of Jesus or know of someone else that does. One child immediately piped up that we should pray for children who do not have clean water. As we started talking about it, our conversation explored other needs that people have in our world and even in our city - things like food and healing.
Our prayer time became very "hands on" as we right there decided to pray for the kids on our Compassion table, the food on the Food Shelf, and blankets for cancer patients. Several children took turns praying their hearts out for God's peace to come and touch people's lives. It was such a beautiful prayer time!
Well, we just couldn't end there. As a class, we decided we needed to be part of God's will to bring peace on earth and sponsor a Compassion child. What fun we had picking out a child and passing around the brochure so everyone could write a note to her.
These kids truly are "kingdom" kids... and may our lives as parents, teachers, friends and mentors be as filled with the ways of kingdom. Peace on earth through us.
