Showing Our Love to Our Children

[PlentyGroovy]

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Very good article. :clap

[CaiperLane]

Very nice PG. :):

[I Believe!!!]

Leesa sat as far away from me as possible in Sunday school class. With her arms folded and a scowl on her face, this 10th grader was definitely making a statement about the fact that her parents made her come to church. She was there every week, but she seldom talked.

One day after class I decided to give Leesa a hug and tell her I was glad that she was in the class. I walked up to her, reached out my arms and hugged her. She didn't move. She didn't look up or respond. It felt as though I were hugging a cold, metal, immovable pole. I fumbled through my pre-planned speech and walked away, feeling like a fool. The next week I tried it again. Same result.

Two years went by, and though Leesa seemed a little more open, she was still hesitant. Finally, at a camp sharing time, when Leesa stood to speak, the youth group became especially quiet. No one had ever heard her give more than a two-sentence response. With tears in her eyes, she said, "Two years ago Jim gave me a hug. To my knowledge, no one had hugged me since I was a baby. To be honest, most of the time I'm not very huggable. But the day that Jim hugged me I started to melt on the inside. It has taken me two years to understand about God's love, but tonight I made a commitment to Christ, and I want to thank Jim for that first hug." That night Leesa received more hugs than she ever had.


Man, that just brought tears to my eyes......thanks for sharing that Plenty! Sure is neat how Jim kept on showing Christ like love for two years, even though it didn't seem to have an effect.