{"id":481,"date":"2012-09-25T02:23:07","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T02:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kandynolesstevens.com\/?p=481"},"modified":"2012-09-25T02:23:07","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T02:23:07","slug":"5-days-to-go-the-power-of-a-pole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/?p=481","title":{"rendered":"5 days to go: The power of a pole"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo courtesy of Minnesota Public Radio<\/p><\/div>\n

Reed was passionate about prayer.\u00a0 For someone so young, I was amazed at his ability to have conversations (prayer) with God.\u00a0 When he heard about a national day of prayer led by students, it was game on for him.\u00a0 What was his first step?\u00a0 Of course, he asked me and a group of mommas to pray during our weekly prayer time.\u00a0 We obliged and that got the ripple started.\u00a0 One momma prayed with other mommas who shared that information with their kids. That was\u00a0five years and about a week ago.<\/p>\n

What transpired next was an avalanche of response.\u00a0 Thankfully, everyone was in support of the idea. Reed created some posters to hang at school.\u00a0 He got approval to hang them.\u00a0 He recruited some of the other kids to be prayer leaders.\u00a0 He encouraged kids to come and pray.\u00a0 He challenged his Christian friends to \u201cBe bold and courageous\u201d.<\/p>\n

They were.\u00a0 Our school kids hadn\u2019t organized a See Ya at the Pole event in many, many years.\u00a0 But through the faith and dog-on-a-bone persistence of one boy, it happened.\u00a0 In the first year of bringing back the day, there were about 20 Lakeview Lakers joined in unison praying to God about their classmates, teammates, teachers, staff, administrators, and school board.<\/p>\n

Reed didn\u2019t dream up the idea of See Ya at the Pole, but he was inspired by it. He didn\u2019t have any real leadership experience because he was only a 7th<\/sup> grader, but he had the faith of a mustard seed.\u00a0 He realized that kids praying for kids and for the school was a great idea.\u00a0 To God, I doubt Reed\u2019s lack of credentials made his passion any less credible.<\/p>\n

In the years since Reed\u2019s death, the See Ya at the Pole date has continued.\u00a0 It has been amazing to know the\u00a0event has flourished at our school.\u00a0 Reed\u2019s faith stone\u00a0simply started the ripple.\u00a0 Friends and siblings have made the ripples grow larger and larger.<\/p>\n

So in two days that ripple is going to go nationwide, as the annual See Ya at the Pole Day will be held. If Reed were here, he would say to his fellow Lakers, \u201cCome and pray on Wednesday at 7:30 am.\u00a0It’s going to rock!\u201d<\/p>\n

I am certain that Reed would care less for the days that the flag flew at half-mast for Jesse, Hunter, Emilee, and himself, and he would care a lot more about the days when that same flagpole was surrounded by his peers and siblings standing in faith and love, praying for each other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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