As we begin the holiday season, we’re all looking for ways to encourage our kids to be grateful. Here is a family devotion we did last year with our kids to encourage a thankful spirit. We called it…
“Overflowing with thankfulness. Literally.”
How’s that for a creative title?!
Anyway.
This devotion comes with a super silly illustration, but our kids loved it. We started by reading Colossians 2:6–7: “So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.”
Then we gathered around the kitchen table and I asked if they wanted some milk. I put a cup in a bowl, and started pouring… and pouring… and pouring… until my kids were gasping in horror and the milk was spilling out all over the top of the cup, filling up the bowl. The milk was overflowing! We talked about how our gratitude should be like that—so big that we just can’t hold it in, and it spills out all over everything.
Then we stuck straws into the bowl (germs? what germs?) and let the kids drink the milk from the bowl.
Of course, this turned into a milk-bubble-blowing fest. Who says the Bible can’t be fun?!
You could do variations on this devotion with a bowlful of marshmallows or even a basket full of toys.
Here’s to a holiday season that’s overflowing with thankfulness . . . and fun!
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I love this! It leaves such a clear picture of what it looks like for something to be “overflowing”. Plus it’s a little edgy – momma’s breaking the rules! Love it 😉
Yes! That’s exactly why my little rebel children loved it so much! 😀