For your children… Wednesday’s Weekly Blessing…
Say your child’s name and…
May God help you find your passion and purpose in life.
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For your children… a blessing to use this week (at least once every day)…
When your child leaves for school… say your child’s name and…
May God be with you as you journey into this day.
Have your children come to expect a daily blessing?
I hope so!
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Say your child’s name and…
God has many great things planned for you.
Say this to your kids over, and over, and over again… at least once a day!
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May Jesus’ love lead you to bubble over with joy.
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(Perhaps it was presumptuous of me to expect to stick to a schedule!)
May God who is always with you, shine light in your life today.
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September is here. School has started. Did you send your child off with a blessing?
With words that when continually spoken, become the playbook they run in their heads?
It’s never too late to start! To help form this new habit, here is a blessing to use. Add on to “See you this afternoon,” with…
It’s simple. It’s short. It’s easily said.
How about a new blessing every Wednesday…
“Wednesday’s Weekly Blessing.”
It’s got a catchy sort of ring to it. Let’s try it out. OK? (At least for September.)
Later added note: We kept up with blessings on Wednesday’s for quite some time! Blessings never expire. Look for one that appeals to you!
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Satisfy your curiosity about why you should bless your child.
View other suggested blessings.
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Boarding the school bus by Glenn Beltz, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 2.0).
When someone sneezes do you say, “Bless you”?
Or perhaps, “God bless you”?
It’s a habit isn’t it.
Here’s a new habit to start:
Don’t wait for a sneeze!
A blessing is defined as a formal act of approving. (As in: “She gave the project her blessing.”) The word “blessing” comes from the Latin word benedicere or benediction, meaning: speaking well, or saying good things of someone.
Since the our kids in Sunday school at FUMC in Ann Arbor, MI have been learning about prayer, the type of blessing I had in mind is more like a prayer; it is praying (out loud), saying in your prayer, good things for someone.
Out loud?
Yes, say the blessing out loud. Your child needs to hear you say the words. Moreover, they need to hear you say it in front of others. It’s showing how you value them; it’s displaying your trust in God’s provision for your child.
What sorts of words?
This is your chance to remind your child that God loves them! There is great power in your words; they can have a lasting effect! Henri Nouwen has written:
To give a blessing is to affirm, to say “yes” to a person’s Belovedness. And more than that: to give a blessing creates the reality of which it speaks.
Can you give me some examples?
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A sneeze by by Zhao !, originally licensed on Flickr under Creative Commons (CC BY 2.0), however it appears to no longer be available.
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