🙌It's the Friday Call to Worship!🙌

Our five-year old son has been talking about his end of year school concert for months. I took my seat in the concert hall this week, shouldering months of subconscious dread. His preschool is for children with special needs. I feared the toll performance pressure would take on the kids, overstimulation, and unlimited unknowns. I was overcome with the sheer possibility of our son feeling like he was physically unable to do something he really wanted to do, a familiar kind of torment.

The concert started with a parade of children, each holding a sign in front of their chest with a message much more relevant than their diagnoses. They marched up to the stage, waving their signs over themselves and dancing to the song, "This is Me". Each sign was unique to the child with a positive identity statement. Our son's said, "I can do anything."

My dread turned to joyful weeping as little eyes lit up when locking with parents', and little hands waved truths they could not say for themselves. The teachers they trusted tended to them on stage while they remained completely present in the largest moment of their lives.

My husband explained to our son on the way home that his "I can do anything" poster is in the Bible. It's an absolute truth from Truth Himself. We can do anything through Christ who strengthens us. (Philippians 4:13) No obstacle is too great for our God - not for those kids or for us.

Jesus is our banner, the Truth we carry as we go. When we wave Him high, we can be our whole, perfectly-created selves. We can do hard things, shine in the process, and be fully present as we travail with the Way, the Truth and the Life.

Wave your banner. Be your whole, worshiping self today.

Listen to Ben Fuller's "Who I Am".