Roger is a friend of mine from LC OKC. I get to serve every week with him and his wife in LifeKIDS. Roger’s pretty great, but (truth be told) I get pretty excited when I get to hang out with his wife.

Roger called me out of the blue one night to share a story about one of his boys. Working in kids ministry, its stories like these that remind me how amazing it is to get to do what I do. Roger agreed to share his story here. This is only the first of 3 posts. To catch the rest, you’ll have to check out Roger’s new blog, RollMentalCamera.

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What Would Your Kid Say?

Part 1 of 3

Ever worry about your child’s perception of things? What would you say is most important to them?

Roll mental camera…

I went to my son Connor’s third grade open house at school to check out some of the work they had done. An autobiographical worksheet caught my eye that had all kinds of statements like “My favorite ice cream is ___” and the kids fill in the blank. You get the picture.

There were two statements that stopped me in my tracks.

“I believe in ____.” Which some answered harmlessly enough “parents” or “themselves.” But many put “my Wii” or “Pokemon” or something else just as selfish.

The second and by far the most disturbing was “My final destination is ____” and I began to read things like “Disneyworld”, “Paris, France” or “Los Angeles.” (I felt a bit queezy and blacked out for a second after reading that… But back to the story)

Hope was renewed when I got to Connor’s paper and he answered the 2 questions in big bold letters “I believe in GOD and JESUS” and “My final destination is HEAVEN”. With a huge smile I mumbled “THANK YOU GOD” (should have screamed it) and immediately called Gina and thanked her for the ministry that has helped in Connor’s faith. It wasn’t that we knew this worksheet was going to happen or that we worked on it at home. He did it at school with nobody but himself telling him what to write. It was an awesome sight.

Do you know how your child would answer these questions?

Don’t you think you should?

So, you think the hour they spend in kids church every week will fix them?