Andrew's Heart for His Friends

Throughout the school year, Andrew and I started reading the Chronicles of Narnia. We had talked about certain things that CS Lewis put into the books to parallel certain aspects of the Bible. When he had his seventh birthday we decided on a Chronicles of Narnia party.
Andrew is a social child and loves everyone he meets, so we invited a number of his friends from school and soccer to the party. Through the party, the games and activities were going to tell parts of the story of the


Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
The week of his party, we started gathering items and preparing for the activities. Andrew was excited and asking lots of questions all week long about who would be coming and what we would be doing. During one of these question sessions he asked, "Will we get to tell all my friends about God during my party?"
This stopped me in my tracks. I mean, yes, in the back of my mind, I hoped that this would be an opportunity to reach out to his friends, but that was not the sole purpose. However, it was a priority for Andrew. Yes, it was one of many questions, but it was a thought that he had.
How many times have we hosted something and asked ourselves the question "Will I get to tell them about God?" I would venture to guess not very often. And why not? My God-given purpose in life is to bring glory to God and what better way to do that than to tell our friends and family about what God is doing in our lives.
The faith of a child and the lack of fear of rejection challenges me, yet again!