Since we moved, we are now attending a different Life Group in the Buford/Suwanee area. For our last get together for the year, we had a Christmas Party with white elephant gifts for the adults, a devotion, and the kids decorated gingerbread houses. I particularly loved how Josh decided how to eat his- no hands, face first : )For the devotion, Josh's Sunday school teacher spoke to all the kids. First, he asked them what they want for Christmas and he wrote these items down on a sheet of paper. He also asked them if they remembered what they got last year and many could not remember. Next, he read Matthew 6:19-21:
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
Then he asked the kids what eternal things they could ask for. Some of the answers were grace, God, patience, and love. He wrote these on aluminum foil. Next, he took a candle and held the paper up to the flame the one in paper representing our earthly wants disappeared in flames (it was magic paper so it was really impressive) and the one written on foil represented our eternal wants didn't got into flames.
This lesson was a great reminder to us as well as we get so caught up in wanting things during this time of the year. I was thankful for this simple illustration of investing in our kingdom home, heaven, for our children and family for they are greater than anything else we can receive on earth.
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