This past week I began my third week in cubs as the Cub leader. It is not always an easy calling and I often come home tired - well in truth just getting ready is tiring, but this week our activity was something I was very interested in. One of the badge requirements is to build a model of a farmyard, or school yard etc. We always have a theme in Cubs and this month it was Knights of Olde sooooo....
...we built a kingdom!
We started with craft floral foam and cut and shaped it into hills forming a place for a river and of course a bridge to go. Then we painted everything including the foam. It was gray which worked great because it added texture to the hills.
Next we glued in rocks on the river edges and a few into the hills. Then we constructed our buildings and added a few trees. That was as far as we got this week.
This was a pretty in depth project for 8 year old boys but I was very pleased with how well they did in beginning to build their kingdoms. The pictures are of mine because I didn't take my camera to the activity but theirs are every bit the model that mine is. It is my plan to continue over the next weeks and months to work on our models, complete the village houses, add people and animals and even wagons.
When the project is done it will be thrilling for the boys to take them home and show them off to their families. And that is really what it is all about! The joys we experience, the accomplishments we make all mean more when the people we love celebrate them with us.
This project was not an easy one to do with such young children. It kept me running for the full activity.
I can't help but think that each family on earth is a kingdom. Those kingdoms - over time - grow and form sub-kingdoms. Each one is composed similarly and as more time passes the sub-kingdoms build their own sub-kingdoms. Each kingdom built brings joy to all the others. Yet in the days of Camelot there was a division that threatened the entire kingdom and the peace and security they felt. Of course we know that the true dark knight - the one that would threaten our own happy kingdoms - is Lucifer himself. The king of darkness and division. He works overtime to threaten the kingdoms we build up - that are a pure source of joy. When this happens there is heartbreak and division. Only light can overcome those things and restore joy once again to the formerly happy kingdoms.
I am so grateful for my kingdom - my church kingdom and my family kingdom. They may not always be as peaceful as preferred but they are a pure source of joy and even serving as the cub master in scouts, though it is hard, is something that helps me to feel the joys in my life more poignantly. May the sun break through and shine into our lives like never before....
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