Wisdom from Bette & Kerr

Just this past week I learned some great lessons from two very wise little children:

Kerr~ Last Thursday night (12/9/10)- I had to run some errands to Hobby Lobby and Sam's. I was getting Christmas craft stuff for the kids classroom, classroom gifts, and snack stuff. While I was at Hobby Lobby I was picking up some napkins that say "Happy Birthday Jesus" for the children's musical at church. Kerr asked, "Who's Birthday is it?" I was playing with him and said let me whisper in your ear because it is a secret. I told him, "It is Jesus' Birthday!" Kerr said, "Are you serious?" He had the best look on his face~ I wish I had taken a picture. It was the greatest news he had ever heard. He asked me, "Is Jesus going to be there?" I said, "Yes." He said, "We get to go to Heaven to celebrate his birthday?" Then I realized his excitement was not about the party but about the possibility of seeing Jesus' face and getting to see Heaven. I thought would that be my reaction. Of course, I told Kerr, "Jesus will be there but just like he is here with us now. We won't be able to see him, but he will know why we are celebrating." I was amazed by the wisdom from my sweet and innocent 5 year old. He wanted to celebrate Jesus' Birthday so that he might get the chance to see him face to face.

Bette~Last Wednesday(12/8/10)~ Wednesday's nights can be quite hectic for us because it is usually a late night and Mark is even later getting home. Bette and I were doing homework and reading her books so she could take an AR test the next day. It was past her bedtime and she was extremely frustrated. She said, "Mom, I don't think these are a good fit book for me." The books were pretty difficult reads but I thought she could handle reading them. I told her if she did not feel good about taking the AR test on Thursday, then it would be fine to not make her AR goal for this week. After all she did miss Monday because of Disney. Well she came home on Thursday and said I took my AR test on both of the books. I asked her how she did and she made an 80 and 100. I told her that was awesome. She said, "Mom, before I took the test I went to the bathroom to pray." She told me, "My prayer worked and that is why I did so good on my test." I am amazed by Bette's faith. She takes everything to God in prayer. Isn't that what I am supposed to do also~be confident in my prayer and pray about everything?