What is God wanting us to teach Alyssa right now. She has run into some issues with learning some not so appropriate things from her older friends in summer camp. When she learns these things, she will share them with Will and I, and then we turn around and ask her, "Do you think that Jesus would like to hear you say that?" Of course, she answers "No" and it's left at that. But this same situation comes up over and over. More importantly, we are teaching her that it's ok not to participate with children who are doing or saying appropriate things and to walk away to do something else. Will and I both realized that as we teach Alyssa how to take a stand against things not pleasing in God's eyes, we haven't really begun to prepare her for opposition that will one day come against her. Alyssa and I played a new Bible game - we made it up. I take out the Bible and my big concordance. I ask Alyssa to pick a word, then we will look it up in the concordance to see how many times God uses that word in the Bible. She first picked, "nice," but there was no listing for that. So, next was "good"...wow- let's just say that there are a lot.
The verse she picked out happened to be Psalm 119:65:72, read below:
65 You have done many good things for me, Lord, just as you promised. 66 I believe in your commands; now teach me good judgment and knowledge. 67 I used to wander off until you disciplined me; but now I closely follow your word. 68 You are good and do only good;teach me your decrees. 69 Arrogant people smear me with lies, but in truth I obey your commandments with all my heart. 70 Their hearts are dull and stupid, but I delight in your instructions. 71 My suffering was good for me, for it taught me to pay attention to your decrees. 72 Your instructions are more valuable to me than millions in gold and silver.
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