Fortune Cookies. In my house these little cookies (that really don't have much taste) are the highlight of Chinese Night. I find myself so excited to hand them out to everyone and see what funny little snippet is found inside. Even my boys get excited and they usually have no idea what that little piece of paper is good for. I have never entertained the idea that there is a "fortune" inside, but I have found several bits of encouragement or wisdom that I found to be relevant. In fact, I have one hanging on my refrigerator now that says, "Be an optimist. There does not seem too much use being anything else."It never occurred to me to take them any further than that nights fun conversation starter or something cute to hang up somewhere, until a couple of weeks ago. One of the teachers at the school that I work a,t used fortune cookies as the journal prompt for that day. The kids wrote about what came to their head first when they read their "fortune". The teacher then took what they wrote and applied to how God could work in their heart and lives. I thought this was fun and a great idea for my small group of middle schoolers at church.
The more I thought about it, the more fun it sounded, so here I am today. I hope to take a "fortune" a week, match it up, or disprove it, with God's Word and then relate it to a spiritual truth needed to grow in a relationship with our Heavenly Father. I don't know about you, but I am excited about this little fortune cookie journey. I pray that you will join me on this adventure and find a new and exciting way to dig into God's "fortune cookie" to us.
