Saturday morning we all got up, got dressed and put on the boots, snow pants, hats, gloves, etc. and headed outside for some fun in the snow. We'd gotten about 4 or 5 inches between Thursday and Friday so it was a perfect day to do some sledding and what have you. After a long time in the back yard sledding, we moved to the front yard and started cleaning up some patches of tire packed snow in the driveway. Soon, both boys had joined me with shovels. Our street hadn't been plowed yet so the "best" place to shovel was actually the road since the driveway was pretty clear by then and my older son went right out into the middle of the road with his shovel (keeping in mind we live on a court at the end of a seldom travelled road so there wasn't a worry about cars coming). He looked up at me as stayed with him in the street (just cause there isn't any traffic, doesn't mean I let him go out there alone) and he said "Dad, WE SHOULD CLEAN UP THE WHOLE CITY!"
Where does ambition like that come from I thought? I got my answer today as he brought home a worksheet from school. The 4 year old was asked some questions about favorite things like food (his answer was pizza) and the teacher wrote the answers on the sheet. The bottom question was a complete the sentence question. It said "At School I Like To..." My son's answer was, AT SCHOOL I LIKE TO JESUS.
I learned today that raising one up in the true faith is raising one up that can clean up the whole city, with the strength and gifts God gives him. Go get 'em tiger! God loves you and surely I do also!
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