Sunday Exuberance

Here are some brief thoughts from this morning.

One of the upsides of churches’ COVID response is more children attending the worship service since Sunday Schools are cancelled or abbreviated. In the service we attended today, I noticed a preschooler bounding into the sanctuary, zigzagging through the spaced seating, wildly waving his baggie of snacks or church kiddie activities. His mother trailed quite a few steps behind him, carrying his baby brother.

I thought about this little guy’s exuberance. Wow, shouldn’t we all be running into the worship service, dancing with joy at the experience of being with the people of God on the Lord’s Day?! Of course, there is reason for decorum too in God’s house but attending church ought to be fun and I love his evident happiness. It reminds me of the verse from the old King James version, “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.” Psalm 122:1

Author: Brenda Proulx

Wife, mother and grandmother, educator and someone who thinks about the things I observe. I am the daughter of a writer; my dad's career was in the field of journalism. More significantly, I am God's child, a person believing in Jesus Christ and in His timeless Word. Blogging is new to me but I feel like I've always had a pen in my hand. I jot notes in my planner, mark papers, underline verses, write many letters, and occasionally draft articles for work or church. When I am not holding a pen, I am probably cuddling a mug of coffee. View all posts by Brenda Proulx