Ocean of God's Love

This last weekend may possibly be one of the funnest I have had with the BR kids. I am really seeing them through God's love and it is bursting in my heart!

We talked about loving others the way God loves. We get to see what God sees in a person and then share that message of love with the person.

Laying out a blue sheet, we called this the ocean of God's love. We all jumped in. Not into the water itself, but we were floating around in it in barrels. The kids closed their eyes and imagined the scene: bobbing around, smelling the salty air and hearing the seagulls call out.

Then we asked Papa God to pour his love into our barrels. And he did! Little giggles travelled around the room. The kids then listened for each other what God had to say about each one. We focused on one child at a time and all the kids shared that message of God's love over each child. It was astounding! Words like this:

To one child: I see a spool of thread in your heart, and every time you love someone, God is sewing more love into your heart.

To another child: I see God sending you into a puddle to get water, and then you are taking that water to a village so that the whole village has enough water. It is a puddle of God's love.

And another child: I see a shell and you are listening to the sound in the shell, and it's God's voice. Every day you go to the shell and hear the message of love from God to you.

Still another child: I see a shield around you, God is protecting you.

Another child: I see a flower blooming, you are full of God's love.

I could go on and on. There was so much love bursting in that room. We had big hugs from our Papa God that morning! And the good news is, HE is like a rushing water, he is a chatter box and he never stops talking to one of us!