Orange Moment Monday #2
ORANGE. Where Faith and Family intersect.
Activity: Letter to God
I am not sure what it was like at your house when you children were younger and it was Christmas time but at the Smith house, our kids are excited about gifts. In fact, they are so excited that they write Santa letters so he knows what they want from him. Anna is keeping these letters so we can look back on them years down the road and just remember these days.
These letters got us thinking at EPIC. How often do we write a letter to God with the same passion, desire, love and anticipation that our kids do to Santa? Probably not that often, if ever. So we recently did a new worship experience where we encouraged our students to write letters to God. What an amazing experience. The heart that these students poured out broke my heart.
Application:
Scour the attic, basement, boxes, etc and see if you can find old letters your kids wrote to Santa, or better yet, to God. If you don’t have any, look up “letters to Santa” on the internet and read some of those.
Then, as a family, sit down and write a letter to God. Share your hurts, desires, passions and anticipations. Store the letter in a safe place. A year from now, pull the letter out and read it.
