I do Children’s Chapel on Wednesday morning with the children in our Child Care Center.  Yesterday I took in a toy keyboard without batteries.  I told them I wanted to play it for them (well, not actually “play,” but just push randomly on the keys!) but it didn’t work.  I put a crayon in the battery compartment, but acted surprised that it still didn’t work.  They told me to try batteries but I ignored them and tried money.  I also tried holding my cell phone against it.  They continued to tell me to use batteries.  They were so relieved when I finally got smart enough to listen to them and use batteries.  I told them, then, that God was like a battery.  We might try other things to give us power–like money or gadgets–but only God in our hearts could really make us work.  I hope, during this Lenten season, that I will finally get smart enough to let God will be my battery.

Feb 18, 2010

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