Leaf Fight!!

Ok so this is the second time i am writing this. The last time toward the end i decided to take a different approach.

Today was a great day. Around 4pm the kids at the SFOT got home and were in their afterschool program. I decided when my class got over that i wanted to have a leaf fight. Since there are about a zillion leaves outside right now, and it was beautiful weather today! So anyway, I gathered up a few of the 3rd 4th and 5th graders and we went outside. From the second I stepped out the door my heart was filled with joy. I could see a huge grin across all of the kids faces. I was so happy to see them like that. So we soon gathered as many leaves as possible into a huge pile. They were jumping around in it and slowly more and more children showed up. now i dont want you to think we had like 20 kids out there we only had like 6 but it was so great! We then started throwing the leaves all over the place. I felt like i was 7 again. I was having so much fun... THROWING LEAVES!

So you are probably wondering why i thought it was important to post this story... well i didnt know at first but i have been thinking about it all day and have come up with this:

I have been thinking to myself how many times do i get this excited to spend time with GOD?! God, the one who created me, the one who forgives me, the one who loves me UNCONDITIONALLY...

The joy that filled my heart today as well as the hearts of the kids i was playing with, its something that we didnt have to try to get. We just had fun and let the situation ingulf us. How many times though do we have fun with God or enjoy God and let Him ingulf us? The joy i was feeling outside is nothing compared to the joy that Christ offers to me everyday! I am hoping and praying that i can get to a point where even thinking about spending a second with the Lord gives me a huge grin across my face and causes my heart to be filled with so much joy and excitement that i cant even contain it. What about you? How much joy have you been allowing from God?