My God is So Big!!

             Every Sunday our church has a time where they call all children 2 years through 5th grade up on stage to sing a song before the church and then they are escorted out to "children's church" where they get to have a kid-friendly lesson during the adults sermon.  Today was no different.  Our worship leader told the kids to come on stage and like every other sunday some kids ran onto the stage, some walked at a turtle speed and a few were still reaching for their moms and dads as their parents pushed them onto the stage. 


         The worship leader tells the kids what song they will be singing and a second later it begins.  Some kids belting out the words as if they need people in the parking lot to hear, some kids not singing but exaggerating every hand and arm motion that goes with the words while casually punching the kids beside them, and then the kids that are still upset to be up there; the kids that stare off into space and pretend they don't even know a song is being sung.  Parents are looking on at their kids and are either beaming with pride or are shielding their eyes hoping that the song ends soon. 


        Today, May 31, 2015, was different.  Today, everyone in the sanctuary watched the children sing, heard their words and did not want it to end.  The children sang aloud

     "My God is So Big! So Strong & So Mighty! There's Nothing My God Cannot Do!"

              the children flexing their arms to show their muscles as they sang "so strong & so mighty" and giggling as they waved their fingers "there's nothing my God cannot do"

    "The Mountains are His! The Valleys are His! The Trees are His Handiwork too!"

       Today was different because as the carefree children sang their song the adults in our congregation weren't feeling so carefree.  One of the precious little kids in the very group that sings on that stage has just been diagnosed with a brain tumor.  A perfect, innocent little two year old girl now has a brain tumor.  As the children sang the adults hung onto their every word.  As they sang
    "My God is So Big!"
                       the adults were reminded He is bigger than a tumor.  As they sang
    "So Strong & So Mighty!"
                       the adults were reminded He is stronger than any tumor.  As they sang
   "There's Nothing My God Cannot Do!"
                       the adults were reminded that there is NOTHING that God cannot do. 

     A song that has been sung in our congregation a million times before suddenly had new meaning.  Everyone needed that song, that reminder. Little Ivey has some important appointments ahead of her and her family.  There is a lot of fear and anxiety that goes with her diagnosis but today we were all reminded of the Strong, Mighty God we serve.  We were reminded that there is Nothing that our God cannot do. 

     Tonight I ask that you pray for Ivey and her parents.  I ask that you pray for healing and for a calming peace to blanket her family as they wait upcoming appointments.