"When are we going to eat?"

This last weekend I had the privilege to help take some young men and women to creative Christmas at the mark.

Creative Christmas is a conglomerate of talents that come together from a local church to put on a huge Christmas talent show, that contains (among other things) loud music, laser light show, pyrotechnics, and a drummer display. Perfect to bring young kids to right?

All in all it was a good show but there were times when even I was bored so it was no surprise when I would look over at one of the kids and they would be sleeping. When not in slumber, I was asked prying questions like:

"When are we going to eat?"
"Are those angels?"
"Does it smell like ribs in here?"
"What is that lady doing?"
"When is this going to be over?"

They asking questions kids ask, which sounds weird but these kids may not come from the best circumstances and may not act like kids all the time, but deep down inside they were kids.

They loved some of the music..."That was really good!"
They loved the lasers..."Will it hurt to touch them?"
They loved the pyrotechnics..."Ohhhhhhhhh!"
They loved the drummers..."Is that the Blue Man Group?"

Was I bored by the show? Some of it. But it was the kids that made the evening a very enjoyable one. They were kids being kids, though they could never admit to it. What I love about the evening and the kids would never know it, is as hard as some of those kids may seem, they brought me joy that evening.

Joy that God has placed on my heart from His children and I didn't even ask for it.