Tonight I did something very simple yet very special. The boys each have their own nativity sets. One is little people and one is just a porcelain set. When decorating for Christmas they couldn't wait to find their "stables" and play with them. So I put all the train track and trains away and flipped over the board that sits on the train table. It's just plain wood on the other side. I called it Israel and put their "stables" in the desert. Since then they have been playing with them on and off. Josh asked tonight if I would play with his stable with him and I said sure bring it over. Then I asked Luke to get his beginners bible. As I read, the boys and I acted out the Christmas story with the figurines. They loved it. Luke wanted to keep going and we went as far as choosing the disciples before it was bath time.
It was awesome to watch the boys get so excited about the bible. It reminds me how simple it can be to make God's word come alive for them.
It also saddens me to think how many children have no idea what Christmas is really all about. It's so simple to share this Christmas treasure with our little ones but so many let their own sin and distance from God get in the way. I'm so blessed that we are able to raise our boys in the LORD from the start. And I'm praying that we can keep Christ in not only CHRISTmas but in everyday of the year.
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