Yesterday, the kids from one of my CCD classes and I spent 15 minutes walking around church grounds picking up trash. It was part of our Community Service project for January. The lesson for the day was a great one. God calls us to lead and to share our gifts during our time on Earth. Sometimes, we're afraid to share our gifts for being made fun of and sometimes, we're afraid to lead because we don't think we have the skills or confidence to be a leader. We forget to put faith into God's plan and sometimes, we rely on the negative comments other people make instead. We forget that God wouldn't give us something we couldn't handle and we end up being scared to share something that could make our world so great!
Each of us has a unique set of skills and when we share our skills, we accomplish something wonderful! So yesterday, we put on plastic gloves, grabbed a trash bag and searched for trash in the most unlikely places. We found plastic wrappers in the lawn, a Cars hat, pencils, swirly crayons, a rice krispie treat wrapper, a Ziploc bag full of goldfish crumbs and other items too. We even found pink, blue and white gum in the shrubs to which I just said, super gross! I mean how hard could it be to keep on chewing your gum until you get to a trash can.
I was super proud of my CCD kids. They used their intuitive skills and found trash in the most unlikely places. They weren't afraid of anything, they just knew they were doing something good to make our church beautiful and to thank God too.
Until my next post, have a wonderful day!
Christina
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