Lukey clapp- Don't take yourself to seriously

Well, recently I witnessed Bethany, our two year old teaching her little brother Luke how to clap. She was soooo serious about the whole thing. It was like a science for her. She was so into Luke clapping properly. She wanted him to clap just like her. She was even telling him how to do it even though he had no idea of what she was saying. "Boy, clap, clap, clap," she said as well as she could with her toddler linguistic abilities. What a scene it was.

After watchign this scene unfold, I sensed the Holy Spirit trying to teach me something through this. I think sometimes as God's children we can take ourselves a bit too seriously. Sometimes I think we can forget about where we have come from, forget about the tremendous quatities of grace that God exhausted over our lives. Sometimes, when we know how to "clap" we get frustrated with other, maybe younger christians because they don't clap like us or we think at their age they should be clapping by now.

"Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust." 103:13-14

Lord help us to remember the grace You've given to us and be lead of your Spirit as the children were in the wilderness when they followed the cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night.

BP