Daylight Savings Time is upon us! After one more day of “regular” time, we will move our clocks ahead, lose one hour of sleep, and wake up on Sunday morning to a fresh new start time for the upcoming Spring and Summer. I know some folks aren’t thrilled with the idea of altering the time twice a year, but I personally have one special reason that this change makes me smile.
Twice a week during the school year, I meet with three-, four- and five-year-olds to sing songs, giggle a bunch, wiggle even more, and tell stories about Jesus. Watching children be happy together while learning about the Messiah is the highlight of my week! Tiny fingers are using sign language to tell each other that Jesus loves them all. Little mouths are regularly praying and singing praises to God. Young minds are growing and learning new things about the Christian faith every day, and I am blessed to be a small part of that process.
Time change is important to this beautiful learning process because of our physical setting. I gather with the preschool children in our church chapel and, with the difference in time, the sun moves into a different spot in the sky. It’s as if a new light source is glistening through the chapel windows blessing the world with a heaven-worthy kaleidoscope. Have you ever been inside our chapel on a sunny morning when daylight is streaming through the stained glass? Every hue imaginable is cast across the carpet giving the whole room its preschool nickname: The Rainbow Room.
“I will remember” God says in Genesis 9. When rainbows appear, God recalls the eternal covenant between us and remembers the promise to keep the earth safe from destruction by floodwaters. Perhaps the story is meant to be read literally, but I often receive its message in a figurative sense. When the busyness of my day feels like floodwaters rising against my spiritual well-being, I often think of a place of happiness, praise and indefatigable joy affectionately called The Rainbow Room. As I recall giggling-wiggling songs of joy filling sacred spaces, the promise of God to keep me safe against rising tensions floods my soul with a medley of colors and makes me smile.
Embracing new times,
Pastor Beth
Twice a week during the school year, I meet with three-, four- and five-year-olds to sing songs, giggle a bunch, wiggle even more, and tell stories about Jesus. Watching children be happy together while learning about the Messiah is the highlight of my week! Tiny fingers are using sign language to tell each other that Jesus loves them all. Little mouths are regularly praying and singing praises to God. Young minds are growing and learning new things about the Christian faith every day, and I am blessed to be a small part of that process.
Time change is important to this beautiful learning process because of our physical setting. I gather with the preschool children in our church chapel and, with the difference in time, the sun moves into a different spot in the sky. It’s as if a new light source is glistening through the chapel windows blessing the world with a heaven-worthy kaleidoscope. Have you ever been inside our chapel on a sunny morning when daylight is streaming through the stained glass? Every hue imaginable is cast across the carpet giving the whole room its preschool nickname: The Rainbow Room.
“I will remember” God says in Genesis 9. When rainbows appear, God recalls the eternal covenant between us and remembers the promise to keep the earth safe from destruction by floodwaters. Perhaps the story is meant to be read literally, but I often receive its message in a figurative sense. When the busyness of my day feels like floodwaters rising against my spiritual well-being, I often think of a place of happiness, praise and indefatigable joy affectionately called The Rainbow Room. As I recall giggling-wiggling songs of joy filling sacred spaces, the promise of God to keep me safe against rising tensions floods my soul with a medley of colors and makes me smile.
Embracing new times,
Pastor Beth
RSS Feed