Thursday, June 26, 2008

Teach them while they are young



5.3.08 This morning when we stopped to have family prayer before Robbie left for school, Alex knelt down and clasped his hands together. It was so awesome! How sweet is that?

Our kids watch everything we do and learn and copy our behavior. If we want them to pray then we need to pray, and pray in front of them. Last night when we helping the kids with their individual prayers, I helped Jared say his prayer and then it was Alex's turn. Jared asked if he could help him and he did. He whispered to Alex what he should say. Since Alex doesn't really talk yet, it was just Jared and then Alex said "Amen" at the end. So precious!

3 comments:

Aimee and David said...

aww! That would have been so cute to hear Jared/Alex prayer!! You have done a good job of being a good example.

Rachel said...

Yay for new posts...FINALLY! :) Your boys are so darn cute. Keep up the blogging!

Coach Ann said...

You are so right about a parent's example. It is so good so hear and see the results of a good example. It also makes a parent cringe just a bit when they hear or see a child doing something not so nice and the parent knows where the child learned it. (Not that I'm admitting to anything!)