The other night during story time Kimberly and I were talking about Noah. God told him to build an ark because it was going to flood. In a time when it didn't rain and there was no water where he lived for an arc, can you imagine the ridicule that he had to have gotten. Surely if it was in this day and age they would have simply locked him in a nut house. But despite all of that he still did what he knew was right, what God told him to do.
Kimberly and I were talking about how sometimes other people make fun of us and don't like us because we stand up for what we know is right. She then told me how another little girl in her class told her that she was ugly. This just makes me sad. I know who this little girl is and she is always saying such hurtful things not just to my Kimberly but to others as well. Makes me think how sad she must be to be so mean to others. We talked a little more about this and I then just said to her....
You are....and waited for her to finish the sentence. This is what she said.
You are.....Beautiful
You are.....Amazing
You are.....Kind to others
You are.....Caring
You are.....Helpful
You are.....Lovable
You are.....Filled with Joy
Why are you all these things?
Because God created me this way and His loves fills my heart.
How much of His love fills your heart?
Tons and tons and tons of pounds, overflowing like the flood that Noah had to build his ark for.
So I put her to bed and we finished off the week. Then Friday afternoon she came home from school and had a little surprise for me.
She had received a Bullie Award at school. She stopped a bigger kid from picking on a littler kid on the playground and was rewarded for that with this sweet little stuffed bull. I was so excited and proud of her. To know that our talk about standing up for what is right even when someone else might not like you for it and then to be rewarded for it. I know that God is so excited and proud of us when we stand up for what is right too. And surely we are rewarded for it.
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