A Willing Student

For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. Proverbs 2:10

Today is Sunday and I’m so excited for church! It’s kind of a weird feeling. Oh, it’s not like I didn’t use to be excited about going. I grew up in the church and loved Sunday mornings. When I was little I was excited about Sunday School and singing, seeing my friends and family, wearing pretty clothes and that feeling I would get when surrounded by people all praying to God at the same time. As I grew up there were others things about church that made me excited, like going on trips and talking to friends and Girls in Action meetings. There were times when I was excited for selfish reasons like when I only wanted to go to church so that I could earn points for a amusement park trip, or so that I could climb the hill behind the church to find wild blackberries. Other times, I enjoyed church because it was a way to serve God, through plays and mission projects and for a great portion of my life, through teaching. Of course, like any good Baptist, I got excited about potlucks.

The excitement I feel about church these days is based entirely on learning. I feel like I’m a sponge sitting in a pew as I soak up everything God is teaching me. It’s not just the sermon, although I’m getting a lot out of each one. But I’m also learning from the children’s lesson and the pastoral prayer and even the hymns. It feels like every moment, God is showing me something new, something more about Himself and I’m an eager pupil. I’m so grateful that God is not only teaching me something, but that He has created in me a heart that thirsts for knowledge.