This past week I had the privilege of sitting in on a training led by a dear friend of mine. She invited me to "guest present" a parable about God's Kingdom that we offer to the children in their first year in the Atrium. After presenting "The Precious Pearl" to the adults and pondering the meaning of this parable with them, I shared the response of a young three year old boy to the statement, "I wonder what the merchant did next." The boy, hearing this parable for the first time, said, "He just stared and stared." One of the women in the training said these words of the young child led her to think about how we will respond to God's presence in heaven, staring and staring, with incredible joy, at the Face of God forever. How beautiful to receive a new "take" on this parable through the eyes of a new (adult!) member of the CGS community! |