Alyssa and friends...2006
Every year our kids have to do some community service to earn some "stamps for camp". I think that it's usually the last requirement they fill, in order to earn their full scholarship to go to summer camp. One year (pictured above), Alyssa and her friends made dog biscuits from scratch, and then took them to the area Humane Society, for the homeless dogs. Very sweet idea, but oh what a lovely mess they made.
I'm praying that as Alyssa and Kyle get older they don't continue to need "incentives" in order to serve others in our community, whether it be in our church or otherwise. I want their hearts to be moved to help others when they sense a need, or give of their time because it's a passion, and be a blessing to the hungry, hurting, or hopeless.
I want our kids to make a difference in the life of someone else because God has made a difference in theirs.
Lord, give our children a servant's heart. Move them to help those who need a helping hand. May they spirit be marked by compassion for the hurting and hungry world around them. Whatever they do for one of the least of these, they truly do for you (Matthew 25:40). Give them your eyes, dear Jesus, that they may see the world as you do, and make their hearts tender like yours. Serving others is serving you, and you will not forget the ways they show love to those around them (Hebrews 6:10). You will make Alyssa and Kyle's joy complete when they are like-minded, having the same love as you have, being one in spirit and purpose. I pray that they do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than themselves. (Philippians 2:2-3) May Alyssa and Kyle's lives be lived in honor of you, and may your glory be revealed in and through them.
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