Kids and worship

Posted by admin on April 13th, 2008 filed in Faith, Taming the Tongue, Thankful

I have been leading worship for about a year with the little children. Some weeks they are great kids, and egger to please their teachers and me, some weeks they are not so great at wanting to please their teachers.
On Saturday I came in and all the kids were seated nicely coloring their pictures, and waiting for me to get there for them. Most weeks I try to start our time of worship to see where my kids are, are they going to be good listeners or will I need to find another way to get their attention. Teaching children how to worship the L-rd isn’t always easy and it is a responsibility, because what I teach them if I am wrong I have to answer for. The first thing I do, is ask all the kids how they are doing, I ask them if they have something they are thankful for, sometimes this question is like pulling teeth. I have one young girl who will be moving up to the next class, who I will miss. She is always the first one to answer my question of what are you thankful for. This week it was her new kittens growing, and then that opened up a couple of the other kids. One of them is a new big brother, and he was thankful for his little sister birth this week. I sometimes will ask them Why do we worship G-d and sing to him. Some times those answers are good sometimes they are simply funny.
I had one of my boys who was using bad language and tried playing it on the Rabbi kid, well I put a stop to it and told him next time he talks like that I will bring him to his dad or grandpa and talk to them about it. He is one of my kids who doesn’t like singing, he got a nice voice but is very interested in keeping the beat, so a couple weeks ago I told him I get him a tambourine and he could play that during the worship time. I didn’t see his dad or grandpa before I lift service to lead worship so I lift it in my bag, he was there and I told him after service come and see me and I have something for you.
I want all my children to worship the L-rd be it by voice or instruments, it is important that they learn what they enjoy doing for the L-rd at a young age. I gave him his tambourine during lunch and he had probably the biggest smile I have seen him give in a few months.
The Tambourine was my good deed for the day, no job means by human standard I shouldn’t do it but on a spritual level I am putting Faith in G-d that G-d will provide what I need in the mist of this time. At home I handle the individual health insurance for both my hubby and I, couple utilities and grocery. I do not mind I know many believe the man responsible for providing everything for the family, but I feel I am his help mate, and co partner in everything so it also my responsibility to provide for the family to. Now when I have kids, it will be another story, because I do not want my kids in daycare. I will be willing to work from home but will not be willing to leave them in daycares. I have worked at daycares and frankly most who do that job won’t love my child as much as I will. I want to make sure they get everything they need to develop properly and with a Love for G-d.

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