At least we know they are paying attention

A little background information is needed for this story.

Every month in church, the kids learn a new Biblical virtue. Each virtue has a memory verse that goes along with it. Last month the virtue was resourcefulness and the verse was Colossians 3:23 which says, "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord and not for men."

Now that you know the background........

Last Saturday we went to a friend's house and ate supper with them. They used to live across the street from us and their boys are good friends with Emma and Jace. Jace and Cole had been having a great time playing with each other all day. As supper began to wind down, Jace asked to be excused even though he really hadn't eaten very much. Jace always gets hungry before bed so we have been talking to him about eating more supper. I told him I thought he didn't want to eat any more because he wanted to go play with Cole. We told him to eat more now because we were not going to eat again at home later.

Once we got home and started getting ready for bed, of course Jace let us know he was hungry. We talked some more about eating more supper and put him and the other kids in bed. A few minutes later as Katherine was walking by the kids' bedroom, Jace called out to her. "I know why I didn't eat more supper" he said. Katherine asked him why and he responded, "I was working at playing with Cole with all my heart."

Good to know that he is learning at church.