My Big Mouth
Have you ever said anything and then wish that you hadn't?I am sure most of us have, but it seems like some of us have a knack for it. I also know that there are times that I have wished that I had said something, but I didn't. (I attribute that to my slow thinking). Well, this past Sunday in church, I needed to get up and make 2 announcements and while I was up there I may have said a little too much.
You see, our church building, as new as it is, is rather small. While church is going on, there is a children's program going on at the same time. There are few times that we have been asked to keep it down because we are too loud. My opinion is that as long as the doors are shut and we are not being destructive, that "Big Church" really needs to get over it. Of course I didn't say that, but I did say that there may be times that they could hear the children and that part of me was sorry to hear that it was desruptive, but a part of me is not sorry. The small church that I grew up in, didn't have children's church and the children came into the sanctuary, so we at Grace have become a little spoiled that someone else is taking care of our children. And when we hear the children, we should remember that they are learning about Jesus and we should be grateful for that.
I prayed about it before I went up there, so I was confident about it at first, but I didn't sound so confident and afterwards, I felt even less confident. So even now I have been teeter-tottering about if it was the right thing to do. I guess only time will tell.
The fact of the matter is that the children aren't running around with their heads cut off - maybe only if Kirk is teaching their class and he is doing it with them, and the only people who hear the noise are the ushers in the hallway or the people in the very back, if the sanctuary doors are open. I think that I would rather be apart of a noisy church that is being used, than a quiet church that has no children.
You see, our church building, as new as it is, is rather small. While church is going on, there is a children's program going on at the same time. There are few times that we have been asked to keep it down because we are too loud. My opinion is that as long as the doors are shut and we are not being destructive, that "Big Church" really needs to get over it. Of course I didn't say that, but I did say that there may be times that they could hear the children and that part of me was sorry to hear that it was desruptive, but a part of me is not sorry. The small church that I grew up in, didn't have children's church and the children came into the sanctuary, so we at Grace have become a little spoiled that someone else is taking care of our children. And when we hear the children, we should remember that they are learning about Jesus and we should be grateful for that.
I prayed about it before I went up there, so I was confident about it at first, but I didn't sound so confident and afterwards, I felt even less confident. So even now I have been teeter-tottering about if it was the right thing to do. I guess only time will tell.
The fact of the matter is that the children aren't running around with their heads cut off - maybe only if Kirk is teaching their class and he is doing it with them, and the only people who hear the noise are the ushers in the hallway or the people in the very back, if the sanctuary doors are open. I think that I would rather be apart of a noisy church that is being used, than a quiet church that has no children.
