Again Isabel didn’t say much about her day. She did say that she saw several of her preschool friends out on the playground. I thought that was great!
She brings home a folder each day and we check it to see the work she has done in class. The above picture was sitting on her “desk” when we arrived this morning.
The Circle of Blessing is a concept from Ted Tripp’s book “Shepherding a Child’s Heart”.
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother (this is the first commandment with promise), that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” – Ephesians 6:1-3
Parts of the circle of blessing may go a little something like this…
“Honor your father and mother” (what does that mean?) It’s more than just obeying but treating them like important people with love and respect.
“Commandment with promise” (what does this mean?) It’s the first of the 10 commandments that comes with a specific promise from God,
there is a reward if you do this right.
“Go well with you” (what does that mean?) That God will help your work out better, not perfect but much better than it would if you did not obey.
“Live long in the land” (what does that mean?) When God first said this it was talking about the promised land, but for Christians the promised land is heaven.
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When I asked Isabel if she knew what the “circle of blessing”
meant this is what she said…
“The circle of blessing is like when you disobey your parents. When you step out of that circle you are not in the circle of blessing anymore. Which makes our Father sad. Do you know who he is? Is our other Father in heaven and you are a sheep, I am a lamb, and he is the shepherd! That is why I wrote “No sin” in the circle because you have no sin in the circle unless you step outside when you do something bad.”
What an awesome lesson!
