This past week we have had an amazing time with kids from our church and our community during VBS and we had some wonderful volunteers helping out. As we were preparing for this week I kept getting this flutter of excitement and anticipation. At one point, while ironing heat transfers onto t-shirts for VBS volunteers, I mentioned to my husband how excited I was but that I didn't know if that was a good thing or a bad thing. I didn't want to be all excited and then be let down. His response, "Well, it depends upon what your excited about."
I knew what he meant and it got me to thinking. Yes, I was excited about how much work and planning we had put into this. Yes, I was excited about the outreach we had done to get kids to come. Yes, I was excited about the effort the teens were putting into their skits. Yes, I was excited about the music and decorations. And yes, I was even excited about the t-shirts I was working so hard on. I was excited (and a little nervous) because we had put so much into those tangible things. But as I thought about it, and REALLY prayed about it, I was excited because I felt God was in it all and that He was going to be there all this week, present for these kids who needed to see Him. There truly was/is a God thing going on and that is something to be excited about!
God was there this week. Not because we were well prepared, not because the music was great, and not because we got a ton of kids in through our door. God was there because He is what this is all about and He wants us to know Him and the children we ministered to and will continue to minister to. I am so thankful! I am so excited! I can't wait to see what God will do with these kids next!