My 4 year asked me one day if he could plan Family Night. I was so excited. I’m always trying to get the kids to take turns, but it seems that they find other things to do with their time!? 😉 Carson is home with me still, so this gave us a fun project to work on. We decided on David and Goliath…anything to do with Giants makes any 4 year old pumped up. I found the Hatch Patch kits I bought years ago…and we started our planning! I read the story while he played with the cut out pictures that followed the story. I answered all his questions, we planned a game and treat. There it was the perfect Goliath Family Home Evening!
As all Family Home Evenings go…after the planned song, prayer, scripture, and story…we had the most fantastic discussion. We talked about the Goliaths in our own lives. How they can be so large and overwhelming that it can feel impossible to be able to beat them. But when we take the situation to he Lord, he directs us and equips us with the necessary stones that we need, so that we can conquer our giants! With faith, courage, and trust …if we are diligent, we can hit the situation just in the right spot and knock that giant dead…completely out of our life.
Deuteronomy 31:6
6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
As we discussed all this, I had my own feelings to what each child would be thinking their Goliath was. If they decided that they wanted to share their Goliath, then we talked about it. I wasn’t ready for the Goliath shared, to be one that I too struggled with. One of my daughters mentioned sugar as her Goliath…and wanted to know what to do to knock it dead. Oh boy! Since this was one of my Goliaths as well… I suddenly felt it would be fine to just hit that giant in the leg or arm…take it out slowly!
This was a lesson I didn’t realize we would be learning that night. Instead of just fighting temptations and trials…we were learning that we can’t judge others for their giant or the way they use their stones. I understood that the Goliaths that my kids deal with are no different than my sugar giant. They aren’t all giants that they are ready to knock out completely. As much as my sugar intake needs to be put into moderation, so that I can be the healthiest I can for as long as possible….I still struggle to say no. Even though my giant isn’t a sin, or something that hurts anyone…it still helped me to understand how easy it is to think that someone else’s weakness should be squashed immediately. Just throw the stone…and don’t look back…but for me, I’m going to keep my stone for awhile…and hang with Goliath a little longer.
As we discussed this, we talked about how we can’t always understand other people’s struggles. That it is better to be a light , set an example, Love…but not to judge!
John 8:7
7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
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-Sherri Jorgensen
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