Our Chuch was blessed to have Tim Thompson as senior pastor...a few weeks ago he felt the Lord calling him to lead the worship at Frazier Methodist Church in Montgomery, Al. It has been an emotional transition for our church, but trusting God has big plans for the future of our church. I didn't feel the need to explain to Mackenzie, she is 6, she doodles on paper most of the service, and I really didn't think that it was phase her. Boy was I wrong? Did I forget who my child was? Did I forget that she is a deep thinker? She attended church on Wednesday night a few weeks ago & during their prayer requests time, someone simply suggested praying for Mr. Tim as he goes to his new church and then it began...Was I ready to answer these deep questions?? Could I answer these deep questions?? So, we get in the car and immediately she starts asking, we literally were still in park, I had not even had a chance to put the car in reverse. She says, "Mama, Who told Mr. Tim to go to another church?" I replied by saying, "Mackenzie, Mr. Tim felt God wanted him to." She repled in a deeper way, "How did he know that?" I replied, "He felt God was speaking to his heart." she then asked, "How did he hear God?" WOW...How do I explain all of this to my 6 year old?? Thankfully, it was dark, b/c tears were flowing down my face as I was trying to put into words for her to understand & at the same time thinking to myself, Tim did his job in my life...he not only touched my life, he holds a very special place in the life of my 6 year olds heart. Believe me, the questions have not seized, she still asks lots...and I am still doing the best I can to answer. A few days before Tim left, I went into his office and told him that story, his reply, was "Shea, that's awesome, thanks so much for sharing that with me!!!" and then I jokingly told him that I might have to set up an appointment for him and Mackenzie so he could try to explain to her all of her questions!!! Tonight, she was dying to watch the season finale of Hannah Montana (which I had already set the DVR, b/c it started at 6:30 which is her bedtime, but I agreed to let her watch it), so she was sitting in the kitchen watching it and I was sitting in the 'living room watching this mornings service of Frazer Methodist Church, and she hears Tim's voice from the kitchen and comes in the living room and sits beside me on the couch and watched every minute of his sermon. My 6 year old just chose watching a church service over the season finale of Hannah Montana~She snuggles up beside me and is soaking up every word (the very part of his sermon is on Being Kind~it was an awesome opportunity to remind her of how we should always be kind to our friends!!~Thank you, Tim!) and I hear her reciting these numbers softly and she then says them to me and says, Mama, Is that Mr. Tim's phone #? I quickly replied by saying, No baby, that's the prayer line!!! (she has a great memory for phone #'s, she once came home from school and had memorized a friends phone # and began to dial it the moment she walked in the door, I literally thought she would dial the wrong # & shocked when she had dialed it correctly) She probably would have been calling the prayer line tomorrow asking to speak to Mr. Tim~Who's to say she still won't??? She's something to say the least! : ) It's amazing to me to see God working in her little life, I am proud, I am thankful, and I hope that she always put Him 1st! I pray that we as parents, will continue to lead her in the right direction and continue to raise her in the way that leads her to Jesus Christ as her savior! As we watched Tim preach tonight on tv, I pray that I myself, will Keep Jesus at the Center and that Mackenzie will learn to do the same! I am so thankful for what Tim Thompson has done in my life and the life of my child! 
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Keep Jesus at the Center
Our Chuch was blessed to have Tim Thompson as senior pastor...a few weeks ago he felt the Lord calling him to lead the worship at Frazier Methodist Church in Montgomery, Al. It has been an emotional transition for our church, but trusting God has big plans for the future of our church. I didn't feel the need to explain to Mackenzie, she is 6, she doodles on paper most of the service, and I really didn't think that it was phase her. Boy was I wrong? Did I forget who my child was? Did I forget that she is a deep thinker? She attended church on Wednesday night a few weeks ago & during their prayer requests time, someone simply suggested praying for Mr. Tim as he goes to his new church and then it began...Was I ready to answer these deep questions?? Could I answer these deep questions?? So, we get in the car and immediately she starts asking, we literally were still in park, I had not even had a chance to put the car in reverse. She says, "Mama, Who told Mr. Tim to go to another church?" I replied by saying, "Mackenzie, Mr. Tim felt God wanted him to." She repled in a deeper way, "How did he know that?" I replied, "He felt God was speaking to his heart." she then asked, "How did he hear God?" WOW...How do I explain all of this to my 6 year old?? Thankfully, it was dark, b/c tears were flowing down my face as I was trying to put into words for her to understand & at the same time thinking to myself, Tim did his job in my life...he not only touched my life, he holds a very special place in the life of my 6 year olds heart. Believe me, the questions have not seized, she still asks lots...and I am still doing the best I can to answer. A few days before Tim left, I went into his office and told him that story, his reply, was "Shea, that's awesome, thanks so much for sharing that with me!!!" and then I jokingly told him that I might have to set up an appointment for him and Mackenzie so he could try to explain to her all of her questions!!! Tonight, she was dying to watch the season finale of Hannah Montana (which I had already set the DVR, b/c it started at 6:30 which is her bedtime, but I agreed to let her watch it), so she was sitting in the kitchen watching it and I was sitting in the 'living room watching this mornings service of Frazer Methodist Church, and she hears Tim's voice from the kitchen and comes in the living room and sits beside me on the couch and watched every minute of his sermon. My 6 year old just chose watching a church service over the season finale of Hannah Montana~She snuggles up beside me and is soaking up every word (the very part of his sermon is on Being Kind~it was an awesome opportunity to remind her of how we should always be kind to our friends!!~Thank you, Tim!) and I hear her reciting these numbers softly and she then says them to me and says, Mama, Is that Mr. Tim's phone #? I quickly replied by saying, No baby, that's the prayer line!!! (she has a great memory for phone #'s, she once came home from school and had memorized a friends phone # and began to dial it the moment she walked in the door, I literally thought she would dial the wrong # & shocked when she had dialed it correctly) She probably would have been calling the prayer line tomorrow asking to speak to Mr. Tim~Who's to say she still won't??? She's something to say the least! : ) It's amazing to me to see God working in her little life, I am proud, I am thankful, and I hope that she always put Him 1st! I pray that we as parents, will continue to lead her in the right direction and continue to raise her in the way that leads her to Jesus Christ as her savior! As we watched Tim preach tonight on tv, I pray that I myself, will Keep Jesus at the Center and that Mackenzie will learn to do the same! I am so thankful for what Tim Thompson has done in my life and the life of my child! 
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Grant is my "thinker," and it's amazing the questions his little mind comes up with. Sweet, sweet post, Shea!
Oh my word, how precious is this post!!! Tell her that jesus is speaking to HER heart just like he is to Mr. Tim's! God has big plans for her little life!
LOVE this post!!!!
This is precious, Shea, and such a sweet story to hear of McKenzie having such a big heart for God. We are members at Frazer and heard that sermon Sunday and loved it. We are excited to have him there...glad to know he has blessed your life, too!
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