My Epic Journey

ORANGE.  Where Faith and Family intersect.

Activity:  Nature Watch

The other day my son and I were out sitting in the woods.  I know it is cold out side, but with the leaves off the trees, you can see so much more of nature. 

As we entered the woods everything got quiet as the animals scurried toward safety.  It only took 15-20 after we found our spot and sat still before the animals soon reappeared from their safety.  It was amazing to sit there and watch my son’s eyes and see the expression on his face as squirrels and birds came within feet of him.

After we got back into the car, my son was full of questions about God, creation, and nature.  For the entire ride home we talked about how amazing God is to have created all the different things He did.

Application:  Take your student away for 1-2 hours to just sit in nature.  Alum Creek, Delaware State Park or Highbanks are great areas.  Just be still and watch as God’s creation comes alive around you.

Afterwards, find a place to talk.  I prefer on the ride home or better yet in a coffee shop.  Ask the following questions:

1.  What was your favorite thing about sitting in nature?

2.  What surprised you the most?

3.  What does nature say about who God is?  (i.e. creative, powerful, detailed, etc).

4.  What stood out the most from this experience?

Don’t let God moments pass by with out point them out and talking about them with your student.

We are having our students put together an ORIGINS journal for the series we are currently doing. 

My first entry is a poem about rain.  I will share that at another time.

My second entry is a a picture I took at the Columbus Clippers game last night.  During the 5th inning it started to rain.  It was heavy but quick. 

Out over center field, this is what we saw:

In the first picture, you can see a double rainbow.  It was really cool and just another reminder of how AMAZING God’s creation is.

This past weekend we kicked off our series called, ORIGINS.  We are taking a fresh look at the first few chapters in Genesis.  We had a great time discussing the Creation account.  We even got to color and play with Play-do.

I would like to remind you that we are wanting you to look for creation moments this week and to journal them.  Perhaps you write them down, put them to song, turn it into poetry or draw it.  What ever you do, take a moment to reflect on God’s creation and write it down.  Bring those on Sunday (plus any artwork you did this past Sunday) so we can put those all together for an EPIC Origins Journal (Scrapbook). 

Just so you know, I am doing it as well.  As I sat in my car on Sunday night I had everything turned off so I listened, for about 30 minutes, to the sound of the rain on my rooftop.  I then wrote a poem!!!  I will share it with you on Sunday. 

This week we will be discussing Man and Woman.  Why did God have to create both? How did He create us differently?  And how are we to work together to complete each other?

Remember to bring your Bible and your ORIGINS journal.  If you don’t have one, pick one up!

See you Sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!