Bibles

Ever since last Christmas when we traveled to Ohio and left random gifts for random people at random places we've continued to try to teach the kids about doing things for others. And it’s a little difficult to teach a 3 & 5 year old the reasoning behind doing something for someone else without getting anything in return.  Need to take a quick minute to explain how the kids get their money.

        **We also use a token system in our home for their behavior. They start each week with a certain amount of tokens. They have the ability to lose them based on their attitudes, their mouths and the like, but just the same they have the ability to gain more tokens based on their actions. If they do things without having to be told too, not fighting with each other or mom & dad they can earn even more. Each token is worth .25 cents. Yep, we are a cheap pay system here because in our opinion there are way too many kids that expect entirely too just because. They don’t have to earn it, they get it just because they say they want it or their friend has it and that’s not the way we work in this house.  At the end of the week their tokens are cashed in for money. They can only cash in whole $1’s though. Once the money is figured we start the dividing process. Automatically $1 comes out of whatever they have earned and goes into their tithing envelope then what’s left is split in half between savings and spending. **

        Alright, now since we've been teaching about doing things for others and they really don’t understand what it is to tithe we have kind of made that category for them a little different. We told them that they can take that money and they can give it to the church or they can use it to do something nice for someone else, but that someone else has to be a stranger. (we figured if we didn't put that rule in there they would try to outsmart us and buy things for each other based on the other saying oh I want this toy)
  The other day I was talking with Serenity about her tithing money and what she wanted to do with it and without hesitation she said she wants to buy bibles for people so they can learn about Jesus. It made my heart so happy that instead of buying toys for someone or paying for someone’s lunch she wants to make sure that people have the opportunity to learn about our Lord. We have since sat and talked about praying and asking who he wants us to buy the bibles for. I told her we have to ask if we are to buy them for young or old and if we are to send them far away or keep them near. I’m just so super happy that not only does my girl love Jesus so much she wants to make sure others do to. 

**Last night during bedtime prayers the last thing she said was "Jesus let me know where the bibles need to go." Oh how I love this little girl of mine. She is such a blessing.**