We have dance parties quite often with the kids and our six year old loves the song by Mike's Chair - Changing the World...I love it too! Well this song became our family motto in December. As we were feeling God move in our hearts to love and give more to those around us. Every morning we would wake up and say to the kids how are we going to change the world today. Then we would play the song to pump us up. Well me being the extremist I am is thinking big huge things like moving to another country to do missions. On a day to day basis I would mention ideas to the kids like going to the nursing home, going to homeless shelters etc...God has a funny way of using these kiddos to put me in my place and teach me very big lessons in such a simple way. The simple life is one of the greatest gifts our kids bring to us.
So here is how my lesson in loving unfolds. We were at the local ice skating rink. We had just finished our learn to skate practice for our four and six year old. As we are walking out our six year old sees a girl with a big bag dragging it along the floor behind her. He goes behind the bag and picks it up and helps her to her chair. He comes back over and very nonchalantly says I just changed the world. WOW so simple, but so powerful and this is what began it all. How to change the world in small ways that make a big impact in one persons life right here and right now. Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, whatever limitations you may feel you have...you can change the world. As families I believe we are called to an even greater mission because in the family there is a lot of love circulating around. For love to grow you have to give it away. We can choose to be a selfish family or a selfless family. We are going to blog about the simple ways we can be a mission family here in the city of Nashville, TN. With our ever growing family there is lots of love to share we just need to find out how to share it.
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