Let me tell you about our oldest, Hannah. One of the highlights of her week is KidStuf. Each Sunday evening, the children have their own worship service. The stage in the children's building has a set that is used for Sunday School and KidStuf. The Sunday evening service is for kids and their parents, a family style worship. There is music, drama and a few surprises every week. The music is upbeat. There is a worship "team" (i.e. one or two adults and lots of kids) on stage doing hand motions and basic dance steps. This was all a little overwhelming to Hannah the first few weeks but she knows all the moves now! She is totally captivated for 45 minutes every week!
For Hannah's birthday last month, she received a gift that had a headset microphone...the kind the worship leader wears for singing every week. Earlier this week our kids were all outside playing. When I stepped outside from the kitchen to take a peak at them, she had Brock, Corinne and Emma all lined up and she was leading them in her own version of KidStuf - headset mic and all!! They were moving their arms and singing the best they could! It was ssssoooooo cute!! I got a little of it on video.
Part of KidStuf is learning a virtue each month and a memory verse that goes along with it. This month's virtue is "compassion". Each Sunday in Sunday School they get a piece of paper to take home called God Time. It has four days of things to do to put the virtue of the month into action. Today, Hannah went to the dollar store with Brent so she could do her Christmas shopping. (She had $2.69 left from her birthday money.) She came home with two coloring books, one for the twins to share and one for Brock and her to share. She was soooo excited to have gifts for them under the tree that she had bought with "her money". She said, "Won't they be excited to have a gift from their big sister?!"
She also had a card in one of her bags. She wouldn't let me see it. I figured since Brent had been with her to buy it, I didn't need to investigate anymore. A little while later, Hannah came to me with the card. On the envelope, she had written "Mommy!" It was a thank you card. She said, "Mommy, on one of my God Time sheets, it says to give a thank you card to someone who has helped you do something. So I got you a card." Inside the card she had written, "Thank you for helping me clean daddy's truck he likes it love Hannah". Earlier this week I had helped her sweep out the back of Brent's truck as a surprise for him (another God Time idea she wanted to do). Needless to say, I cried a little after she was off doing something else.
We never know how our actions are shaping our children. It reminded me again how important it is to cover all I do with my children in prayer. It also reminded me that we only have them for a season. I want this short time in the span of their whole life to be one of happy memories with mom, not mom off busy doing other things and not having time to help, teach and train them. What an awesome task God has given us as parents! But He doesn't give us any task any greater than the power He gives us to complete it well!!
Our sweet Hannah is such a blessing to our family. I hope one day she'll know how much she teaches me every day!
This month's verse for compassion is Ephesians 4:32, "Be kind and compassionate to one another."
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