…. says my 9 year old quietly in a room full of 4th grade students and parents.
With little quiet time and a lot of busy “Week of Christmas” business, these words hit me like a ton of bricks!
I had to stop, look him in the eyes, and say, “You’re right baby, HE DOES! He fights for me too. ”
Hello from your local 4th grade Room Mom.
Crafts, thanks to my mom, are enjoyable for me. In an effort to keep our 4th grade Christmas Craft Christ centered, I asked the students to think of an adjective to describe Jesus.
I told them that the angels worshiped him, the shepherds, and the wise men worshiped Him, so we should too.
I wrote the alphabet in the chalk board and asked them to give me a word that starts with ‘A’ to describe Jesus. “Amazing!” Shouted a girl. “Brilliant!”, my son said. ‘C’ was hard. I had to help them with that one. But we made it all the way to the end of the alphabet.
Then I told them to pick their favorite word to make a bracelet with. I encouraged them to be creative, and if their word wasn’t on the board, they could use any word they wanted to.
As I was measuring wrists and cutting string for them to thread the letter beads on, a mom said that my son needed some help. And in a concerned tone she said, “He chose ‘FIGHT’ as his word.”
I was a little confused as to why he chose that word. So I asked him why he chose ‘FIGHT’.
In my mind I was asking myself, “Was he even listening?”, “Is he just trying to show off in front of his friends?” Or “Does he fight with the thought of Jesus?”
So I asked, “Foster, why did you choose the word ‘FIGHT’?” He said very matter of fact, “Because He FIGHTS for me!”
My heart swelled with relief and joy that he’s retaining the knowledge that he’s learning at home, school and at church.
In John 16:33, Jesus says, “I have told you these things, so that, in me, you may have peace. In this world, you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Your work on this earth, For Him, will be blessed! Keep up the GOOD FIGHT!
So Stay High and Carrie On!
Jesus Loves you!
Merry Christmas! ❤️🌲🙏🏻
Carrie
Stay High 