So Santa made an apereance this weeken to visit with all the kids at the CureJM Conference. He wrote an email about his experience to our Ninja Nana and here is what he said:
Was thinking about Santa's visit to the Cure JM conference Saturday. One request the children had was to sing a Christmas carol. I suggested Silent Night but was outvoted easily so we sang Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer.
Previously I listened to a wonderful Advent sermon series based around Rudolph. This morning my idle mind was in receive mode and I was hit with this:
Rudolph is so special now and arguably the most popular reindeer, but it wasn't always that way was it? Rudolph was different, visibly different, and that made him an easy target for the other reindeer.
They were mean, banned him from playing with them. It wasn't 'til Santa noticed the one special thing about Rudolph - his shiny red nose that others made fun of. Rudolph wasn't the strongest, not the most handsome reindeer, but he put to use his one special quality and did something that none of the others could.
The JM kids know they are different; we need to help them discover what is unique to everyone of them. They need to feel (you've heard this before somewhere) Wanted, Welcome, Useful and like Rudolph, Needed.
Santa
Was thinking about Santa's visit to the Cure JM conference Saturday. One request the children had was to sing a Christmas carol. I suggested Silent Night but was outvoted easily so we sang Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer.
Previously I listened to a wonderful Advent sermon series based around Rudolph. This morning my idle mind was in receive mode and I was hit with this:
Rudolph is so special now and arguably the most popular reindeer, but it wasn't always that way was it? Rudolph was different, visibly different, and that made him an easy target for the other reindeer.
They were mean, banned him from playing with them. It wasn't 'til Santa noticed the one special thing about Rudolph - his shiny red nose that others made fun of. Rudolph wasn't the strongest, not the most handsome reindeer, but he put to use his one special quality and did something that none of the others could.
The JM kids know they are different; we need to help them discover what is unique to everyone of them. They need to feel (you've heard this before somewhere) Wanted, Welcome, Useful and like Rudolph, Needed.
Santa
Now I like to add that I was told from our beloved Ninja Nana who knows Santa, that each story given by the kids put tears in Santas eyes....
She said he could not recall if it was Connor or Alexander but one of them sat on his lab and asked for Opa to come back from Heaven!
Hugs,
R A C A
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