{"id":622,"date":"2005-09-09T13:22:28","date_gmt":"2005-09-09T05:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/?p=622"},"modified":"2005-09-09T13:22:28","modified_gmt":"2005-09-09T05:22:28","slug":"once-again-i-ponder-upon-the-simplicity-of-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/once-again-i-ponder-upon-the-simplicity-of-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Once again i ponder upon the simplicity of children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yah, this might not be related to the title [will see how],<\/p>\n<p>Will give a short talk for children tomorrow and on sunday. Thanks to Mona who edited my script and her comments that remind me to go down at children&#8217;s level\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.tabulas.com\/ik\/smilies\/yellow\/smile.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;ll be fantastic or I&#8217;ll be well equipped coz the short time I&#8217;ve for preparing. But trust it to God for whatever i have at moment.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of &#8220;good punches&#8221; teased out my brain this morning. If explaining is considered as a punch, then illustration followed by application are the finishing moves or deadly combinations\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.tabulas.com\/ik\/smilies\/yellow\/rasp.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>. So borrowing from the boxing world, i hope to deliver good blows to the children on sat and sun\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.tabulas.com\/ik\/smilies\/yellow\/smile.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0Need to add some illustration and more personal touch&#8230;make it deadly combo&#8230;and at the end present them simple and relevant application&#8230;.Hope will go something like this :<\/p>\n<p>Jab &#8211; jab [present &#8211; present] &#8211; shock &#8211; jab &#8211; jab &#8211; uppercut &#8211; finishing move [explain &#8211; illustrate &#8211; application]<\/p>\n<p>I might be still thinking as adult [only adult box, children will fight], and sometimes [like now], I wonder&#8230;perhaps a simple thing works better for children. A simple, pure [without pretense], and really simple [take and eat] works best for them.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s something I give thanks [to be involved with children ministry], for it keeps me childlike and simple&#8230;.take tis from me and I&#8217;ll become cold, dogmatic, and too high&#8230;but children keep me low, down-to-earth, and simple<\/p>\n<p>how do I love the simple thing, and like this &#8220;Jesus loves me&#8221;, what a comfort compares to thousands of adult writings?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yah, this might not be related to the title [will see how], Will give a short talk for children tomorrow and on sunday. Thanks to Mona who edited my script and her comments that remind me to go down at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/once-again-i-ponder-upon-the-simplicity-of-children\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[132],"class_list":["post-622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-children"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1381,"url":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/persistency-and-faith\/","url_meta":{"origin":622,"position":0},"title":"Persistency and Faith","author":"clay","date":"March 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"When she was still a baby, we saw this persistent character in her. 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