My service as sunday school teacher for the LORD. Praise GOD! Yesterday managed to get HZ boy boy (3yrs) to stop crying halfway through his tear with a circus book at centre.
It's not by my wisdom or wit, but by the blessings of the LORD.
After having read some children's books like Parenting the Heart of your Child by Diane Moore. i felt more confident from gaining insight about children's hearts over the past 1/2 yr since Dec 07. Despite there being no step by step quick fixes on "what to do" and how soon to get that "it" done.
Anyway, quick fixed and "one-minute done" stuffs aren't really in GOD's favorite answers to us. GOD's ways are more about training, endurance, perservering long-suffering and so on (things to do with good and long ways yeah! that's what they're all about)
As a result or interrelatedly, i felt more and more "steady" and ready when doing stuff with kids and spending time with them. Actually, the fact is, the kids know who they're with. And they know who they can do what with.
Give in to them all the times, they 'll turn into brats. Take them by force all the time and get their sneers and mental rejection.
There's not a single hard and fast rule with any kid at any one point of time, because each time, each one kid is a different kid from the previous week you last saw him and something may have changed his mind about how he's going to behave.
That's the beauty of it all, that's where the challenge and the fun lies.
But one absolute fact is that, they're all loved by GOD so dearly and GOD Himself says, let the little children come.
Luke18:16 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
May we continue to love them more and more.
This year, much of the smaller class has "graduated" and moved on to the bigger class, we've like only 8 kids (6 were listening, 2 were staring and looking around, another 3 more when we do drawing) . The rest has already
graduated!
How comforting it is, to know the children that has been with us for the past few year(s) or years, to move on to the bigger, more matured class.
May they continue to grow and grow well in GOD's wisdom and understanding His brilliant will for each or every one of them.
in Christ's precious Name i pray
Amen!
