Today was the second day of Pandamania VBS at our church.
Today's theme was God listens to you. The story going along with the theme was Elijah confronts the prophets of Baal. 1 Kings 18:16-39
Today's snack was cupcakes with blue frosting and red candy decorations on the top. Each kid got to frost their own cupcake and put on the red candies if they wanted. We had red Twizzlers, Red Hots, and red hot Tamales. Our snack represented an altar Elijah built to the one true God. The blue represented the water and the red represented fire. This snack was to help remind everyone that just as God listened to Elijah, God listens to you.
Kids can tell you exactly what it's like to be ignored or unheard. They know what it feels like to talk to a busy parent or teacher, who responds with a distracted "Mm-hmm". (Even I catch myself doing this to my girls.) And, some of these kids have been the one with their hand waving in the air, that didn't get called on to share an answer. As the kids learned about today's theme (God listens to you.) we hoped they could discover that God is always listening when they talk. God not only hears our voice... God hears our heart!
"Call unto me and I will answer thee..." Jeremiah 33:3
"You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord." Psalm 139:4
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