Flower Girl

So today was a today. I'll try to tell this story the best I can. Before our first service I shared with the worship team a prayer request for a fellow worship leader who had been missing for 12 days. During the first song of the 8:30 service I became broken. The story of a missing leader and God's love in the situation took over. The rest of the worship was filled with tears and prayers for my new friend, his family, and his church. After the music was over....well I was too. During the sermon I got a message that the worship leader was home safe with his family!!! During the next service at 10:00 I shared the story again, the church erupted in worship and by the end of that set I was emotionally and physically drained....completely. I had no idea how we would finish the morning for the final 11:30 service. I literally wanted to go home and sleep it off. But, we had a job to do, and a new group of people who had come to worship our Creator. So we started our first song, "I Give You Glory", which is loud and upbeat, right before we got into the bridge of the song I see this little girl, maybe 4 or 5, coming up the left aisle with a flower in her hand. Her mother was behind her trying to stop her but the girl run forward. She came right to the edge of the stage in front of me and held the flower out trying to give it to me. I seen the girl maybe three times, I tried my best to take it but holding the guitar prevented it. Paul, one of our leaders, who was standing beside me took the flower for me (after a short discussion with the girl that he was taking it for me. She went back to her seat and, well, that boosted me to finish the morning. I see now why Jesus would surround Himself with children at times, they encourage and boost us to finish the race!!! After a beautiful morning of ups and downs in ministry that single flower changed my entire outlook on what we do in leading worship. I pray for the boldness and kindness of that girl. Thank you little girl for changing my morning!!!

Scott