The First Family

Today in HopeKids, we learned about our First Family from Genesis 2:18-25. This is about how God created Adam and the animals. After Adam named all the animals, Adam could still not find a suitable partner. Thus, God put Adam into a deep sleep and out from one of Adam's rib, God created Eve who was named Woman for she was taken out of man. From there, the first family was formed. From Adam and Eve came many many of descendents. However, the main emphasis was not really how God created Adam and Eve. It was about how we, as children, should obey our parents. From Ephesians 6:1-2, we are reminded that honouring our parents is the first commandment - with a promise.

As we broke into our CGs, we emphasized a little more about this tough thing called Obedience towards parents & Love towards siblings. I shared with the Pri Twos my session at the Children's Home yesterday. What I saw yesterday was this: I was with my client waiting for the child to be back from excursion. When all the children came back (about 20-30 of them), my client hid and wanted me to guess who the child was. When the children saw my client, they shouted to my client's child "Your parent is here, your parent is here!!" (Don't mind me. I don't want to reveal the gender of my client and child. Heehee...) When I saw that, hmm..., my heart broke. The rest of the children were longing so SO much for their parents to come and pick them up. Some may not even know who their parents are. I was amazed from the response that I received from the kids. As I shared, the Pri Twos showed alot of emphathy towards the children whom I had described. They even described how sad it is for them not to have brothers, sisters or parents. They shared how they often quarrel with their siblings or tell lies. But they shared even more of how much they love them and how miserable life will be without them. Simplicity is really to be thankful for the simplest things in our life - Family.

Dear Heavenly Father, I thank you for giving me parents who love me that I never had to know what it feels like being an orphan. I thank you for my lovely sister whom I don't know how life will be like without her. Dear God, I pray that you teach me how to honor my parents more. Teach me how to love my sister more. I pray that your Holy Spirit will always teach me and guide me. In Jesus name, Amen.