At church Sunday we sat by a young family I'd not met before. We go to a praise service which basically means it's pretty laid back....dress up or dress down, bring the kids and your coffee and just come worship. A beautiful little girl sat next me - one empty seat between us. I smiled and said hello, she ducked her head and looked up at me. We connected. In our own way. Without words really.
During the songs at the beginning of the service she was busy decorating a foam cross. She sat on the floor as if she were in her play clothes instead of the darling peach colored dress with matching hair ribbons and white mary janes with sparkly bows that her mother had so lovingly put on her that morning. At the end of one of the songs I leaned down and whispered, "I love your cross...you do beautiful work!" She smiled and continued her labor. When she finished it she scooted down by me and handed it to me...."I made it for you."
I held it to my heart and said thank you. And then I handed her a pen and asked her to write her name so I could remember it forever.
Emma....a precious gift from God. I guess since I was so appreciative she dug in her striped "busy bag" (one of several I'd made the year before that are kept in the sanctuary for the children) and colored two pictures; one was for me and the other for her mother. I'm sure her mother has many works of art on her refrigerator but I only have one right now. Don't you love moments of connection like that...she had no idea I'd made the bag filled with activities for her.
I love moments of grace when God gives us something we don't even know we need.
24 comments:
A lovely moment...thanks for sharing.
Leave it to a kid .....
Wonderful story. So glad you shared it.
Tender sweet. You were certainly blessed with a new friend.
What a great story.
You are blessed; thank you for sharing this special, sacred, story.
Awe how sweet. Great idea to make little bags to keep small ones entertained during church.
That is such a sweet story. I could picture Emma in my mind.
That is so sweet!!
Just wonderful....from the heart of a child!!...nothing more precious!!
I can't think of a better way to see the value of the time you devoted to making the bags.
Sweet little story! Thank you for sharing!
Oh, I just LOVE that! Thank you for sharing with all of us!
Such sweet moments. :)
So incredibly awesome! Love this story dear friend. Made me smile so very big! :) :) :)
What a delightful post.
What a sweet connection, so glad you wrote about it.
This is so sweet! I'm feeling a little teary after reading this. Yes, you made a connection, and I hope it's one that will last. You'll have to let us know if you see her next Sunday too.
What a lovely present given with love...love your blog and all your quilting.
Blessings Chris
Oh such a sweet story. It warmed my heart.
how precious!
That is SO sweet! It really does happen from time to time that a gift we thought WE were giving does a little boomerang move and turns out to be a gift for us. TRULY grace.
hearte
Stop it, Marnie...you're making me miss teaching elementary school.
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