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MORE “REASONS”

Flashback, October 2018, Georgia. I was walking through the apartment complex toward the apartment where we would soon have Jesus-time. Kids’ Church was for any elementary-aged kid. Jesus-time was discipleship for kid Christ followers. But 2nd-grader, "A," was accompanying me. Since I hadn’t known her too long, I hadn’t had opportunity to get her parent’s permission to be involved in our spiritual ministry. But what should I do? I didn’t want to forbid her to come in. I decided I would let her come in and see how she reacted.

We began by singing two Christian songs. Then suddenly, "A" asked me, “Can we sing, ‘The sun comes up, it’s a new day dawning"? I thought to myself, I know that song. And then I realized that it was “10,000 Reasons,” by Matt Redman. I found it on Youtube and she and I sang it. She sang with gusto, but she couldn’t carry a tune. I asked her how she knew that song. She said that they sang it at church.

 

Long story short. We began having Kids’ Church in her home and the first week she prayed to receive Jesus! Six years later, she teaches Sunday school at her church.

Flash forward, October 2024, Harrisburg. Our group is standing outside the church building after Kids’ Club waiting for “Rose’s” parent to pick her up. As we wait, I show several “Georgia pictures” that are on my phone, one video of our Kids’ Club singing “10,000 Reasons” at an outdoor service. As the video plays, "Rose" starts singing along. Then, she and I sang it together, though neither one of us remembered all the words. I asked “Rose” how she knew that song. She said that they sang it at church. I had no idea she was churched or knew anything regarding Christianity.

 

Then again, after our Thanksgiving pizza party, she started to sing the song so we could sing it together. She said, “I like that song.”  PRAY that “Rose” will pay good attention in Kids’ Club, and that soon she (and all of the girls) will give their lives to the Lord.