This week we finished reading James together, and I had the kids read it through on their own one day and pick out a special passage to do a poster on yesterday while Billy and I were away. Avery picks out "but the one who is rich should take pride in his low position because he will pass away like a wild flower." I'm thinking that she picked it just because she wanted to draw a flower on her poster . I was good though, instead of scolding her right off, I asked her to explain to me why she chose that verse... but to tell the truth, I was really only asking her so she would have to admit she didn't' do the assignment.
She takes a deep breath and answers .. "Well, I see so many rich people just passing by the poor people like they don't matter, like they don't even have value, like only the rich people are important...they forget that God made us all. They forget that maybe they have richness because God gave it to them so they can help other people with it. They just think they are so fancy like a flower but forget that they are just a flower. I don't want to be like them. I want to always remember that no one is more important than someone else and I"m not more important because I have a big house or beautiful clothes or good food. I want to always love."
Wow.
ReplyDeleteI can totally see that conversation taking place... both sides of it.
And wow again.
umm humm...there is a bigger reason why we don't always understand our kids, and the lessons they teach us (I think) are God saying, "Listen".
ReplyDeleteThe beat goes on!
The beauty I find in your family brings me to tears.
ReplyDeleteKids really are closer to God, aren't they?
true that
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