Today was a day to see amazing women pour into the lives of my children. We had our homeschool co-op today, and it is just so wonderful to see my friends loving and sharing their time with my children. Truly one of the beautiful things about the body of Christ is watching adults share their life and love of God with children. While our society may claim they value children, too many times it seems like we, as adults, would just prefer for them to remain busy at a distance. There are times when we may attempt to live vicariously through them for our own purposes or simply make them show the right actions to placate our pride and sense of accomplishment in raising good children. I know I fall into these traps at times, and so I am so thankful when the Lord shows me adults truly embracing their calling to show Christ to the little ones among us. My Annabeth has a bit of an artistic spirit and is drawn to anything "artsy." She loves my friend Debbie and is often her shadow at church and other events; standing right by her side like a faithful puppy. Often I want to shoo her away in order to give my friend some peace or at least a smidgen of personal space, but Debbie always graciously makes her feel special. Annabeth has been known to bring a handful of raggedy, broken jewelry to Debbie. Debbie takes these odds and ends that Annabeth has found or collected and turns them into beautiful jewelry for her to wear. Today, Debbie spent several hours making felt flowers with Annabeth. I'm sure there were many other things in Debbie's life that needed attention, but she patiently sat among scraps of fabric and strings of hot glue showing Annabeth the humble love of Christ. What a beautiful testimony of how Christ patiently pours his love upon us as his children.
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