There's a Playground in Your Soul

I was teaching Catechism to a group of kids, and I'd been thinking about them a lot. How could I give them a heads up on what a journey with God might look like for them? How could I explain the twists and turns, the falls and setbacks, the joys and sorrows that life inevitably brings?

Then I got the image of a playground. I got this notion that their walk with God is just that, an adventure in a playground.

Sometimes they will swing high, others low. Sometimes they will help a friend and other times they will be helped. Yet other times (intentionally or not) they may push and be pushed.

But then I got to thinking that although we age every year, our souls never do. The deepest part of them remains in tact all of our lives. And if this is the case, we too are in a never ending playground. Whether we are experiencing a high or low in our life, it doesn't really matter because God is there. He is the ground that hold us up when we fly, and the ground that catches us when we fall.

I don't know if this is a high or low in your life, a good or a bad day. What I do know is that God is there so play with him and be not afraid.

As in a playground, sometimes it will be fun, other times it will hurt, but don't forget you're still in the playground. His playground. And you are His

most precious subject.

I hope you know how much you are loved by Him.