This is the first year Makenna has really begun to understand the reason we celebrate Christmas, the baby born in a stable in Bethlehem, the Savior of the world. Reinforcing Jesus as the reason we celebrate Christmas was extremely important to me this year. There were many activities we did to reinforce that such as; painting Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus on pieces of wood, a Happy Birthday Jesus party, telling the story numerous times using a Nativity set that she could touch, feel and hold, sang songs, read about Jesus, and dressed as angels and shepherds to tell the story.
Even though Christmas is over, Makenna still sings the song we learned about Mary riding the donkey and Baby Jesus laying in the manger. That song is such a sweet sound to my ears because I know my precious baby girl is learning the foundations of a faith in Jesus Christ. May He have all the glory and honor forever and ever.
I want to continue to teach Makenna these basic biblical principals, the foundation of our faith. It is my prayer one day these biblical principals will be a very vital part of who she is and everything she does. As adults we are charged to do just that.
Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your homes and on your gates. Deutronomy 6:7-9
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