"Do you stir it up?"

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My brother was teaching a group of children about life. He explained to the children how they can spread God’s love in the world. His plan was to drop a few drops of food coloring in a jar of water to demonstrate how just a little bit of love can change the world around them. That was his plan, but when he dropped the food coloring in the jar, it didn’t quite turn out the way he hoped.

The food coloring didn’t naturally disperse through the water. Instead it just fell through the water as a lump and clumped in the bottom of the jar.

So he used it as an opportunity to add another layer to the lesson. He told the children, "Do you see the blue color in the bottom of the jar? It’s not changing the color of the water is it? But let’s stir it up and see what happens." Of course that made all the water turn blue.

Then he told the children, "Sometimes we have to stir life up a bit, change some things, be with some people we don’t know, to get God’s love into the world and not just stay clumped up with our friends and family."

Sounds like my brother and these children listen to life, don’t you think?

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