Don't you love it when you see you child excited about learning new things? Last night, I got to enjoy watching Aiden excited about learning the Bible. We started a nightly devotional book called, "Jesus Calling for Kids" by Sarah Young and Aiden is truly enjoying it.
I don't know how much he actually gets from the devotionals themselves, but he is excited about looking up the bible verses attached, which is a blessing itself. I taught him how to use the contents in the front, how to recognize the chapter and verse numbers, and even that Psalms is in the middle of the Bible. When we found the verse we were looking up, he would read it the best he could. How sweet it was and how proud I was to see our child excited about the Bible. At one point he even exclaimed, "this is really fun."
I'm not sure exactly when I learned the most basic things about the Bible, it was always a part of what I did, but I know somehow, I learned. I do remember learning a song in Vacation Bible School about how to remember the New Testament. I still can remember it today. My prayer for Aiden is that he will always get the same joy and excited from ready scripture and he will always think it is "really fun."
http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Calling-365-Devotions-Kids/dp/1400316340/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1327944254&sr=8-1
Monday, January 30, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Silver Lining
Even in moments that may seem stressful, you can find the silver lining or cloud in our case. . .literally. Last night, we had pretty severe thunderstorms. Noah woke up crying because he is scared of thunder and Aiden doesn't know the difference in a Tornado Warning and a real Tornado, so he was scared also. Needless, to say I ended up with both boys bed with me and we were up for a little bit, until the storms calmed.
Yes, I am tired today and yes, I really really wanted to sleep last night but I wouldn't trade those moments for anything simply because I take comfort in the fact that our boys came to us when they were scared and wanted comforting. They knew they could depend on us to take care of them. It's in these moments of craziness, that I can look at their sweet faces and realize that we must be doing something right. I can only hope that when they're adults they will know that they can still come to us when they're scared and we'll still hold them tight.
Yes, I am tired today and yes, I really really wanted to sleep last night but I wouldn't trade those moments for anything simply because I take comfort in the fact that our boys came to us when they were scared and wanted comforting. They knew they could depend on us to take care of them. It's in these moments of craziness, that I can look at their sweet faces and realize that we must be doing something right. I can only hope that when they're adults they will know that they can still come to us when they're scared and we'll still hold them tight.
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