Sunday Spirit November 4, 2018 (click on photo)
God
If someone gave you a blank piece of paper and some colored pencils and asked you to draw a picture of God, what would you draw? Would it be a man with a long flowing beard floating on a cloud? Would it be a vision of the sun setting below a majestic mountain? Would it be a picture of your child’s face? Would it be lines all over your paper depicting the connection between all human beings?
As we tell our Confirmation students, there is no wrong way to draw God.
I read a quote somewhere that said, “We spend too much time talking about God and not nearly enough time experiencing God. So after you draw your picture of God ask yourself where or when do you experience God? To help answer, lets first answer this question – When you hear the word God what comes to mind?
I asked the children during this past Sunday’s Children’s Sermon – When you hear the word God what comes to mind? Their response? Love, Kindness, Hope, Forgiveness.
So I told them when you experience love you experience God. When you experience hope you experience something about what God is about. When you experience forgiveness you experience something of what God means. When you experience kindness you experience God.
So get a piece of paper and some crayons and start drawing!