This actually happened the first Sunday in October but I keep forgetting about it until someone else brings it up...and it did make quite the impact because someone reminds us of it every week or so.
The month of October we had one combined service at church. The first Sunday was a PACKED house. We were squeezed in with few extra spaces. We choose to keep our kids in the sanctuary until the sermon. The boys can get a bit squirmy by the end of communion but we feel that it is important to worship as a family.
So anyway, the church was packed. Jut had left the pew getting ready to do his thing. X was sitting on my lap saying, "Mom, I'm thirsty. I smell water.". I tell him it is almost time to leave and we'll get a drink when we leave. Then, Jut dismisses the kids. So, I tell X it is time to leave, put him in the aisle, grab all our stuff, collect C and am working to shoo E out of the pew when I hear Jut say from the podium, "Hey, Buddy. What do you need?". Jut had walked up on to the stage and turned around and there was X standing on his heels.
I look up at Jut's words and there is X standing on stage next to Jut. Everyone laughed. X looked a bit bashful when he noticed the room full of people staring at him but he said, "Dad, I'm thirsty." Jut quoted a bit of Scripture about asking for a drink and gave X a drink from his cup. To which X replied,"Thanks". Jut suggested going to class and away he went...by this time I was waiting for him at the base of the stage. Both of us were pretty embarrassed by the whole scenario, but it was pretty sweet at the same time. It broke any tension that existed in the room that day. It is amazing what an impact it had on the congregation...as I previously stated, people mention it to us almost weekly.
It was a special moment that I wished the floor would open up and swallow us at that particular second but now it is one of those memories I know I will treasure in my heart.
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