Recently, my two year old has really been into coloring. Not only does she scribble the mess out of each page, but I noticed that she also does something interesting. She uses the white crayon on regular paper just like she uses any other crayon. As I sat contemplating what the purpose of the white crayon was, I realized a spiritual lesson tucked inside of it. A white crayon blends in easily when the page is regular, but it stands out when it is on black paper. And therein lies the spiritual lesson. God’s overarching power seemingly blends into our everyday, regular lives, but it takes the dark places or the trials to make His light (white crayon) to show up the most. I wonder, what trial are you facing today? Pick up a white crayon find some black construction paper and go to town coloring. His overarching power is all around you and working within your trials.
When I was younger, my siblings and I very quickly learned which errands to go on with my mom and which errands to run far away from. The one errand in particular I want to share with you this morning is when my mom would go up to the bank. Now, I don’t believe this bank is in business any longer; but back in the 90s, my mom would go to the drive-through teller at Barnett Bank. Whenever you went to the drive-up teller at Barnett Bank, they would give out lollipops to the kids in the car, which is probably while they’re no longer in business today because the Hill kids depleted them of their lollipops back in the 1990s. But seriously, mom would pack all of us in the car, she’d talk with the bank teller, she’d get her envelope full of money, and they’d ask how many kids were in the car… she’d say 5. They’d say “send back some of the money to cover the cost of all those lollipops, lady.” No just kidding. But on those bank errands, everything was fine. Things went surpri...
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