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Oak Ridge UMC Blog

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Jul 15
2009

VBS Blessings

Posted by: Dana Hanlon

Tagged in: General

Dana Hanlon
Every year I approach VBS with one thought..."What family is going to be most blessed by VBS"?  Each year is different and the stories are always interesting.  I've had years when families used VBS as a way for the kids to be watched while a parent underwent surgery, years when a family member died and we watched the kids while the family made arrangements, times when grandparents got the grandkids for a week and they wanted to make sure the grandkids learned about Jesus, we've had too many stories to describe here too. In my twenty years of organizing VBS, this year, I finally realized, every family is blessed by VBS, but none moreso then my own.  VBS is for many a family event, and this is very true for my family.  It is also a great time for my family to truly "see with their heart, eyes and soul" that the Kingdom of God is ever present in all we do, even the smallest detail and most mundane.  This is true in all we do, not just the VBS events, also the daily events of life.  Take time today to spend a minute in prayer thanking God for all the "issues, crisis, mundane and extraordinary", it is through all these events that God is present, we need only take time to thank Him for it all! 

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