What I learned from an entire night with 11 and 12-year-olds...

I'm a brave girl. Friday night I chaperoned our fifth/sixth grade ministry's all-nighter at the church. We started with free time, had worship and a service, pizza, Guitar Hero, 1am dodgeball, etc. We had 33 kids and just enough helpers.

Thank you to the youth group for leading us in worship. It was really really good. Really. They have all matured a lot and I was very impressed! During the time of worship, as we were singing

How can I keep from singing Your praise

How can I ever say enough

How amazing is Your love

How can I keep from shouting Your name

I know I am loved by the King

And it makes my heart want to sing

I realized that I had underestimated the kids. I had underestimated how deep they were, how much they could understand spiritual things, how spiritual they could be.

God, thank you for using children to teach us.