This morning started as a normal Sunday morning at church. The opening song was starting as the priest and altar servers were walking down the aisle. As they approached the altar I noticed they had a visitor- a young girl, my guess is 3 1/2 – 4-years-old. She had followed them up on the altar. She was dancing freely to the music with a big grin on her face. She danced and danced for what seemed like minutes, but it was probably only ten seconds. Then she did something that surprised us all! (As if this wasn’t surprising enough already!) She went up to the podium and grabbed the microphone, yanked it down to her level and sang her own version of the opening song. She sang for a few seconds before the priest whisked her away from the microphone and her mom approached them both and helped her off the altar.
We were all a little shocked and most of us were left smiling from ear-to-ear and wondering, “What just happened?” It certainly wasn’t the normal routine for the opening song.
This child had spirit! (Understatement of the century!)
It was an obvious example of childlike joy and spontaneity. It left me wondering where my spirit has gone? No, it’s not socially appropriate to run up in front of everyone and sing and dance during a church service, however I find myself struggling with spontaneity. It’s a very childlike feature. I think it may be one of those things that you need to consciously work on as an adult. Is it truly being spontaneous if you have to put it on your to-do list first? Monday afternoon: Be spontaneous. Something tells me this little girl did not plan her adventure ahead of time. She just felt like dancing and singing “on stage” and so she did.
I think this went beyond childlike spirit- it was purest picture of childlike joy.
[tags]joy, church, spontaneity[/tags]
You have to love it! Thanks for the story.