Day 12: Drawing Closer to God (Practice Makes Better Not Perfect)

Today, I found myself with the opportunity to talk about Jesus to a 5 year old in my preschool class who was having a bad day with his anger. To work on calming him down, I had him go into the library section of the classroom which is cozy and comforting with the extra large teddy bear. I felt convicted to work on getting him to focus on Jesus so I got a plaster cross that I had given to him way back when this adventure started with him in my class. He responded well to it then so it was worth trying again to regain a sense of calm. It did help and it led us to talking about Jesus. He wasn't convinced that Jesus was in his heart and at five I am not sure they will fully understand but I felt it was worth talking about in the hopes that some seeds would be planted. I walked him through how we all sin and Jesus died on the cross to take away our sins allowing our spirits to reconnect with God's spirit. Well, it went as well as it could have gone considering this boy's anger problem which I am starting to wonder if it might be a biological/chemical issue. In any case, I am thankful to God for this little experience witnessing to this 5 year old. It was good practice in learning how to witness to someone about Jesus.

365 Days of Praise Challenge-Day 329

We went to our daughter’s parent-teacher conference last evening. We already knew her grades but its always great to hear comments from the teacher on what she is like in class and so forth. Our daughter use to be on an ILP because she was on the slower side in reading skills but thanks be to God she came off the ILP at the end of 2^nd grade and her reading according to the testing done near the end of 3^rd grade steadily increased and is now above grade level. Her current teacher said you don’t really see that happen but my thought was anything can happen with God. So, her reading and math are above grade level but her writing is lagging behind. It was the same for our son. He didn’t like writing and got average grades but at some point got past not liking writing to enjoying it and joining the creative writing club and getting excellent grades in writing as well as everything else. The Lord has blessed our kids with intelligence and the ability to learn well. With a little patience, perseverance and practice, I am sure my daughter will excel at writing too. Maybe, I will get her to write a praise for my blog….hmmmmm……

Romans 5:3-4 “Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.”