Have you seen that viral social media post with the eight-year-old in the car with Mom?

8YO: “Do you want me to throw theconfetti in my pocket?”

Mom: “No not in the car! – why do you have confetti in your pocket?”

8yo: “It’s my emergency confetti, I carry it everywhere in case there is good news.”

It makes us warm but it also makes us pause. Most of us can relate to the mother who worries more about the mess of celebration than the good news being celebrated. Can't we?

In worshipping God, we proclaim Philippians 4:8 which celebrates whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, and praise worthy! We repeat Micah's words -- do justice, love mercy, walk humbly with God. But when actually doing so risks stepping out of our neatly ordered plans and risking the mess that may ensue if we live those things out with our neighbors, our enemies, our friends? "No, not in the car!" How do we let the confetti fly like a child without minding the mess?

Join Kat Silverglate, Founder of the Mobile Mission Project at The Ridiculous Hour Foundation for the December 2023 Mobile Mission called Emergency Pocket Confetti. If you'd like your own set of pocket confetti, go to www.theridiculoushour.com or email Kat@theridiculoushour.com.