An Almighty Pun

So I'm leading the seventh grade retreat and talking to the kids about prayer. Personal prayer. How to talk to God and how to listen to his voice. And I tell them the story of the time the bird spoke Bible verses to me and they are delighted. So I say that sometimes God speaks through signs and symbols and word games and new connections.



After their time of prayer--they had to walk around outside on their own and talk with God--I asked them if God did speak to them and one boy speaks to me on his own and says, "I was walking by the lake and asking God why people pick on me sometimes at school, and I sort of got an answer. I thought in my head that I should stick up for myself more. Then I look out at the lake and there was a stick that was floating on the water, and then the wind caught the stick and it flipped over and stood up for a second. See! I was thinking that I should stick up for myself, and then God showed me a stick that was sticking up! Isn't that cool?"



Sure it's cool, and isn't it cool that God speaks to a seventh grader in such a 'standing on my head' kind of way?