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What did you see at church today?

Today I saw two little four-year-old girls walk hand in hand into Sunday School. They were skipping, bouncing up and down, talking, smiling, laughing—all from the enjoyment of being friends together at church.

I also saw a first-grade girl, obviously wishing to be somewhere else, but walking hand in hand with her dad into her class.

And then after church I saw four teens from the church being baptized at a local beach. Their belief in Jesus has been built as their teachers have walked hand in hand with them through their growth as Christians.

Each child needs people to walk hand in hand with them—friends, parents, teachers. It’s an awesome responsibility—and some days I wonder if I’m keeping up with that responsibility! It's too easy to want to see instant results. But as a teacher of preschoolers, I have to keep reminding myself that I'm in it for the long haul. I want to walk hand in hand with the little ones in my care to help them take their beginning steps toward walking hand in hand with Jesus. Who are you walking hand in hand with?