I'm Thankful For...Teachers

Day 16

Not the normal type of teachers. I thankful for them too but that's not what this post is about. Last night I went to my life group. It's kind of like Bible study to our church. We are studying about parenting in our group which I don't think we can ever study to much. We are all at different points in child training and going through different struggles and it is great to talk to others and get suggestions. Last night I asked someone that I respect and admire about David and Goliath. Monkey has really been into this story. He talks about it all the time and on the way he said, "We are strong like David and Goliath." I wanted to make sure he understood the difference between what made David strong and what made Goliath strong so I started to explain. "David is strong because he had God in his heart and God made him strong. Goliath was strong because ...." Umm didn't know how to explain that one so I asked someone else that has a little more experience in the parenting field and knowledge of explaining the Bible to younger ones. Here's what she said, "David trusted God so God was able to help David and make him strong enough to beat Goliath. God made Goliath tall and strong physically but because he didn't trust God he became weak against David." She also shared the scripture that says "For my strength is made perfect in weakness" 2 Corinthians 12:9 On our way home we talked about this again. I wanted to make sure that we finished our conversation because I told him I would. So I explained it almost the same as above and added that David had God in his heart and Goliath did not. I chose to explain it that way because we have been talking a lot about knowing God/Jesus in our hearts. So, I'm thankful to have people around me that help teach me and that I can seek answers and support from in times of need. Whether it's a small need like yesterday or a larger need.

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