Always in his hands

This week I've realised, or re-realised and been reassured of the fact that I've always been in God's hands, and he has plans for me and my whole life, and that I was always destined to know him.

I've been helping out at the Kids Club over at Oatley Anglican (I go to Oatley West Anglican... for those who might get confused, but the churches are working together which is cool), and they have a pre-school attached to the church which we're using the rooms of. This particular pre-school is the one that I went to as a wee-tyke (Arndu), and its a Christian pre-school, where they teach the kids about Jesus and pray and stuff. I don't specifically remember doing this at pre-school, (though I remember making houses with Sally for my toy-pig there, but the room seems so much smaller now!) But yeah, it just got me thinking about how even though my parents don't care at all for Jesus, or anything spiritual at all, that even as a child I knew about Jesus. That through Christians in the community and places where I went, like Arndu, school scripture and Christian friends that I've been blessed to learn about Jesus, and have that almost instinctual knowledge that he is God, he is important and not to be ignored. Even though I didn't actively follow Jesus as my Lord and King until about year 10, I think those foundations that were laid early in my childhood definately prepared me for that, and made being a Christian the most natural thing in the world (because it ought to be for everyone I guess too...)

My whole life God has been guiding me to know him and love him and be closer to him - and this unravels more as I grow too. You know those times when you're amazed by the simple or obvious things, maybe this is one of those,

I'm just so thankful for all those people who did put in the time for me, and friends who prayed for me and teachers who faithfully taught me the Gospel. I pray that by working with these kids now that they will have excellent foundations for knowing Jesus the rest of their lives, and that some may choose to actively follow him as King now, and not just have the knowledge as a head thing, but that it may change their hearts too.