Being Full

This week in class, we started a new sequence of lessons called Full. These lessons are to teach the kids on how to fill their lives with the important things like God, family, and friends. God revealed to me that sometimes we let the small things in life consumes us. This can be anything that we allow to rank over everything in our lives. In today's society, phones play a major role. Phones are great tools that allow people to communicate better with each other; however, sometimes we allow our phones to consume us. We are always checking our phones, talking on our phones, texting on our phones, and always have our phones in our hands. I love my phone just as much as anyone, but ask yourself these question. How much time is my phone taking up? What other things could I be doing with my time? Does my phone rank in the #1 spot in my life? Now I'm not saying phones are horrible, don't use them. I am just giving a basic example of a small thing that we let become a huge deal in our lives.

This last Sunday each kid ranked important things that the have: 1-10. I asked the kids to cross 8 things off their list. This made them chose the top two important things in their life. I am so glad that every kid either picked God, Family, or Friends instead of smaller things like T.V. The kids realized what was most important to them.

When we let the bigger things fill our lives, there is room for smaller things. Let's flip this. When we let the smaller things fill our lives, there is no room for the bigger things. I want to encourage you to let the big things fill your life. Spend time with your family, build a relationship with God, and allow Him to fill you up. Because when God is number one, He will give you joy and allow you to have the smaller things, too!