"People are suppose to make mistakes, that's why we have erasers."
Next time your child is erasing something or you are buying an eraser at the store with your little one, remind them that God is the only one who can erase all of our sins away.
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Showing posts with label Teachable Moment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Teachable Moment. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Mealtime
Miss C is almost six months old so she is just starting to eat solids. Of course I had to read several books and websites about it. One of my favorites is "On Becoming Baby Wise: Book Two" by Gary Ezzo and Robert Bucknam.
The feeding chapter explains that as your child's eating moves more to mealtimes, you should show them how you "Give Thanks" before the meal. This thought never even occurred to me! Here I am, a mealtime pray-er since I began talking I'm sure, and I never even thought about how I would teach this to Miss C.
The book explained that you should have the food in front of the babe and stop everything to bow your head and thank God for the food. This chapter in the book was a reminder to me that He gives us everything. He is our provider. That little monotonous prayer before our meals is to thank Him for His goodness to us.
"Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?" Matthew 6:26
Join me in having mealtime prayers with your little one and may your mealtime prayers be more intentional about thanking God instead of the same old words.
The feeding chapter explains that as your child's eating moves more to mealtimes, you should show them how you "Give Thanks" before the meal. This thought never even occurred to me! Here I am, a mealtime pray-er since I began talking I'm sure, and I never even thought about how I would teach this to Miss C.
The book explained that you should have the food in front of the babe and stop everything to bow your head and thank God for the food. This chapter in the book was a reminder to me that He gives us everything. He is our provider. That little monotonous prayer before our meals is to thank Him for His goodness to us.
"Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?" Matthew 6:26
Join me in having mealtime prayers with your little one and may your mealtime prayers be more intentional about thanking God instead of the same old words.
About "Teachable Moment" Posts
One thing you may not know about me is that I love the Lord. He has blessed me with Miss C and I am so thankful. Miss C is really His child and it is my job to parent her while on this earth. I do not take that responsibility lightly.
God's word tells us:
"Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." Proverbs 22:6
"Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them." Deuteronomy 4:9
Oh these verses sound great, but when do I don't have time to sit with Miss C everyday for an hour to teach her Biblical principles? Of course I don't. And that wouldn't work anyway. Can you imagine a 6 month old sitting and listening to me read the Bible? That's why there is this verse:
"These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up." Deuteronomy 6:6-7
You see, we are to be teaching our children constantly. Constantly giving them an example to follow and constantly seek out those "teachable moments" when we recognize God at work.
You know, in the car when you see a rainbow out the window. When little one asks "why is the sky blue?" In the bathtub when washing away the dirt of the day. All of these are teachable moments.
This recurring post, will recur when I come across a teachable moment or when you send me one of your teachable moments! I hope that this will help all of us be more intentional about our time with our little ones and to recognize those little moments when we could be pointing our little ones to God.
God's word tells us:
"Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." Proverbs 22:6
"Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them." Deuteronomy 4:9
Oh these verses sound great, but when do I don't have time to sit with Miss C everyday for an hour to teach her Biblical principles? Of course I don't. And that wouldn't work anyway. Can you imagine a 6 month old sitting and listening to me read the Bible? That's why there is this verse:
"These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up." Deuteronomy 6:6-7
You see, we are to be teaching our children constantly. Constantly giving them an example to follow and constantly seek out those "teachable moments" when we recognize God at work.
You know, in the car when you see a rainbow out the window. When little one asks "why is the sky blue?" In the bathtub when washing away the dirt of the day. All of these are teachable moments.
This recurring post, will recur when I come across a teachable moment or when you send me one of your teachable moments! I hope that this will help all of us be more intentional about our time with our little ones and to recognize those little moments when we could be pointing our little ones to God.
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