Holiness

Yesterday, Lily's came home with a "wow" ticket for going above and beyond at school and a behavior page that said "Wow Ticket :-) Could have given her multiple today!  Lily looks for ways to help when she is finished with her own responsibilities."  I told Lily how proud of her I was; that's so great to hear!  I wrote the teacher back on there (we have to sign the page each day) and noted "Thanks so much for letting us know! She was so excited about her wow ticket!"  Mrs. Worrell then wrote me back again today with a note on the behavior sheet that said "Lily does many praiseworthy loving things each day. I love to 'catch' her doing them."  When I read this to Lily, she asked what that meant.  I said "Basically that you're an awesome kid.  You're developing a heart like Jesus and you help others; that's fantastic."  Her eyes got really wide, and she said "You mean I'm holy like Jesus?" to which I replied "You're getting there because you're learning to live like him."  Mia overheard this conversation and started singing "Holy holy holy! Lord God Almighty!"  It was precious.

As I tucked Lily into bed, I said my prayers and then she began to say hers.  I wish I had recorded all of it, but here was the gist of it.  "Dear God, thank you for Mommy, Daddy, me and Mia.  Thank you for helping me to be holy.  You told Solomon that if he asked for something, you would give it him and I want you to help me be holy.  Amen."  Love this precious girl!  Her class is reading 1 Kings right now which includes a study of Solomon.  I love how this school is helping us to raise her to love God with all her heart!