Children Learn What They Live

Earlier this week, the girls and I made a trip to Target. I journeyed over to the office supply aisle to pick up some things we needed for school. As we walked by the notebooks, Abigail yells, "Mommy! Mommy! Can I have a notebook like yours?" I looked over to find a stack of notebooks like the one I use to take notes in while reading my bible. She told me the little notebook she carries with her bible was running out of paper. She draws pictures in it when she goes to bible study with her daddy and also writes in it at church on Sunday. So I agreed to a new notebook. Abigail and Ashby picked out pink ones, and we went on our way.

My notebook

When we got home, Abigail asked if she could use the Sharpie's to write her name on her new notebook. A bit later, she brought the notebook to show to me.

Abigail's new notebook

She told me she wrote "God's Words" because she wanted write what God told her in her new notebook. I was blown away! I've never talked to her about journaling, taking notes while your read your bible or sitting and listening to God and writing down what He tells her. I've never even told her that I do these things. BUT she sees me doing these things.

I get up (most days) WAY before the rest of my house. The girls wake up and come downstairs to find me either coming in from running or sitting with my bible, (iPad & YouVersion) journal and notebook. The only questions Abigail ever asks me are "did you just come in from a run? or "are you reading your bible?" She didn't learn writing God's Words from me telling her or trying to teach her. She is learning from example. Our girls see me reading. They see me writing. They hear me talking to God. They hear me praying over them. They are learning what they live!

Our actions speak so much louder than our words. What are you children learning from watching you?