The girls and I have been making Valentines all day for grandparents. I was asking them why they thought we celebrated Valentine's Day and they knew it was to show people we loved them. Then I asked them, "What is love?" Both just sat there in silence. I realized that "Love" is a word people hear and throw around all the time, but do my kids even know what it is???
That's when I knew what our next project was going to be. I found Bible verses from 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 and printed it out. We hung it on the refrigerator to be a constant reminder. Next ,we cut out hearts and wrote the different things that love was and was not from the verses. I was going to print them but instead I had Ashlyn write them. We folded them in half and put them in a cute little heart shaped basket.
Starting tonight, we will take turns as a family choosing a heart from the basket at dinner and talking about what that attribute of love means and how we can demonstrate it to each other and to those around us. We wrote down 15 and there are 17 days left in February. Perfect…because I know we won't be able to do it every night. I'm hoping this will teach my girls and remind my husband and I what love truly is and that it comes from God.
Check out more fun crafts here and here.