In Rachel's Sunday School class they learned that God blesses you so that you can bless others. To make the idea more real for the kids they listed their blessings. The idea was that God has given you a blessing bank and then your job is to deplete that blessing bank by blessing others. Rachel's list of blessings might be hard to pass on, but the depth of feeling behind her choices ought to be a blessing to someone, in some way, anyhow.
Rachel's blessings are her blankie, her bear-bear and her bike. I guess that means somehow we need to help her bless other people with security, unconditional love, and freedom. Whenever I get lulled into a false sense of my own goodness, a kid comes along and challenges me to go deeper. And who says that God doesn't have a sense of humor?
1 comment:
Tonia, that is great! I thank God daily for the two little teachers He's put in my life. They can teach us so much, can't they? :) and the idea to pass it on is a great one - i love that it was taught to a young age group.
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