My Sweet Girls and their Tender Spirits

This past Monday, Jason's day off, we all worked in the yard, cleaned out the garage and did other various chores around the house. While Jason and I worked in the front yard and garage, the girls rode their bikes. At one point in time, they came up to the driveway and ran into the house whispering something to each other. When they came back outside, I asked them what they were doing. They informed me that they had gone inside to get some tracts that they had picked up at church and that they were going to hand them out to any people they might see while they rode their bikes. Wow! My heart swelled, and I inwardly beamed as they rode off with tracts in hand.

Moments later, while I was pulling weeds in the front flower beds, the mail lady drove up and had a package to deliver to us which required her to get out of her vehicle. I glanced up from my work to see Alyx standing on the driveway watching the lady. She looked back at me, and I smiled, nodded and motioned for her to give a tract to her. She did, and the lady smiled and said, "Thank you."

A couple of days later, Alyx came to me and said that she had been thinking about the mail lady and how she could be saved now. It is a possibility that she did accept Christ, but even if she didn't, I told Alyx that she had fulfilled her responsibility to plant the seed in that lady's heart by giving her the tract and that maybe sometime later she will come to see her need of salvation.

As many of you know, our pastor introduces a new theme for every school year. This year's theme is "Sowing the Seed...Daily!" I am so proud of my girls not only for paying attention in church but also for taking the initiative to get those tracts from church and for having the courage to pass them out to complete strangers. May we all adopt that same sweet, tender spirit of a child and do our part to spread the Gospel.

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Once the front yard was done, it was time to move on to the back! Jason mowed while the girls played. Larissa had fun following Jason and the lawnmower. She and Alyx helped to rake up the cut grass when Jason was done cutting. Alyx and Larissa both caught some butterflies, and Sydney got some ant bites. =) Jason gave the girls lots of wheelbarrow rides. When it was Alyx's turn, she leaned back and crossed her arms over her chest. Jason looked down at her and asked, "What are you? The Lady of Shalott?" She got a kick out of that! Here are some pictures from the day...