Since this week's blog was up to me I decided to share a snippet of a speech that I created this summer. I was asked to the be the Youth Day speaker at my church this past June. I was excited, eager, and little aprehensive all in one. I was excited that the committee thought enough of me to take on such a duty, I was eager to meet the challenge before me, and a little apprehensive if I was actually "worthy" enough to address the church congregation.
So I prayed and one day while rearranging my classroom I came across the book, The Tiny Seed By: Eric Carle-and the ideas began to flow. The entire speech came to me in a matter of minutes. It was like my hand couldn't keep up the ideas that were in my mind. In the end I was able intertwine biblical scripture and a great children's story to share a really powerful message. I wonder if this would be considered Big "C" or little "c" creativity. Here is a snippet of my message...Hope you enjoy!
Who can recall what challenges the tiny seed faced? Wait for responses. It faced the hot sun, an icy mountain, a deep ocean, and a dry desert. The tiny seed experienced adversity of the various elements, but through it all it was protected.
The heat from the suns rays burned several seeds, but the tiny seed was protected.
Everyone say, “I’m protected!”
The frost on the mountain tops prevented some of the seeds from growing, but the tiny seed was protected. Everyone say, “I’m protected!”
The ocean waters were too deep and several seeds drowned, but the tiny seed was protected.
Everyone say, “I’m protected!”
The dryness of the desert killed one seed, but the tiny seed was protected.
Everyone say, “I’m protected!”
In life you will experience some dry deserts, deep oceans, icy mountains, and some heat. We all face obstacles, challenges, and hard ships. Your desert may be sickness, your mountain may be heartache, your ocean maybe addiction, your heat maybe the people on your job, your mountain may be the inability to forgive someone that hurt you, your ocean may be procrastination, your heat may be lying, your heat may be your lack of faith or your lack of praise…but I’m here to tell you that no matter what obstacle you face, through Christ Jesus you are protected!
For the bible says in Matthew 17:20-“For verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.”
You too can make it like the tiny seed. Everyone say, “I can make it!”
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Amen! What a powerful message! Thank you so much for sharing this personal snippet. It gave me chills to read your words and I know that you've intertwined two passions of my own life: Christ and literature. Superb!
PS- what was the response of the committee and your congregation??
They loved it!!!!
It totally fit the theme: Growing in Christ. I had a deacon tell me if his teacher read stories & kept his attention like that he would have stayed out of a lot of trouble!
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