Singing with fifty young children is one of my favorite things to do on the last week in June. Cathedral Summer Camp affords me the chance to do just that. With songs I have been belting out for several decades, we start each morning with a medley of music. Then color groups traipse around the grounds to play games, do
projects, and come full circle back for more singing. I am not sure if anyone has caught on that I am by far the oldest one on staff. For this year, anyway, I am still allowed to participate.
We contacted a local nature center to bring an animal show, giving the kids a chance to see reptiles up close. As the time approached for it to start, I was getting antsy. Where was
she? I had arranged for the invoice to be paid, and felt some entitlement that she fulfill her obligation.
She was late. It was only a few minutes, but I was annoyed. As she started to talk with the children, I had trouble shaking it. Why hadn't she arrived early to set up? That is what I would do. Hmph.
Then I looked at the kids. They were listening. Since none of them wear watches, they were ignorant of the delay. In fact, it could hardly be classified as such, since they had enjoyed the time chatting with each other and crunching their snacks. Clearly I was the only person in the crowd who had my nose out of joint. The snake most certainly did not, since she informed the kids that snakes have no such anatomy. It seems
unlikely that when it was over, any of them would complain that the program was twenty-five minutes rather than thirty.
Part of the magic of summer camps, is that the adults keep tabs on the schedule, so the children don't need to. Their leaders will tell them when it is time for a change, and being followers, they do.
"Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become
as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 18