Fireworks In a Clear Glass Jar

Each week during these “safe at home” recorded worship services I have been preparing crafts/science experiments for the children to try at home. Each creation is the sum of items one would find in their kitchen. This week we are creating the ultimate Mother’s Day gift; fireworks in a clear glass jar.

For this, all that is needed is a jar full of warm water combined with a food dye and vegetable oil mixture.  As the mixture hits the warm water the colours burst into action and quite a display fills the jar.  What Mother wouldn’t love this as a gift?!

It is amazing how everyday items can work together to create remarkable results. Isn’t that the way with the Holy Spirit?  Simple every day acts such as a wave, telephone call or a text message to simply say “Hello” when infused by the love of God, can make a delightful difference in someone’s day.

The world is full of anxiety.  We can depend on there being certain folks who foolishly push their way through the crowds or exert their negative opinions for all to hear.  They may be the loudest or the most attention-seeking in any gathering but their actions last mere moments.

Those with the lasting influence are the ones who carry God’s love desiring to be the peace bearers and joy bringers.  They may be quieter in their approach but their influence sparks smile, warmth, and welcome.  This COVID-19 world needs these sorts; the ones who take the ordinary moments and selflessly turn them into extra-ordinary occasions of divine interruptions.

May we all commit to being these sparks of God’s love.

Blessings,

Rev. Heather McCarrel