Loving and Kind
My children are often inspiring to watch as theyinteract with each other, living out a good sense of family. There are alsoother times when discord is the dish of the day. At different times they take on interesting roles. One decides to be the boss, the other tries to manipulate the others by withdrawing from play and they are all capable of the whine factor. I used to sing a song to them that we made up. It was called the loving and kind song. It was a simple song, it talked about being loving and kind over and over again. It worked to a certain degree, either they would think it funny that I was singing, they just wanted to get back to playing, or it distracted them enough to stop bickering. It caused enough of a pause for them to recalibrate.
Our family at school can get into similar situations. Our students do go through difficult emotional times and we have to help them develop skills in how to deal with them. I don’t think it would befavourable for me to walk through the halls singing my greatest hit,“Loving and Kind”, it may be humorous but I do think it would wear itself thin pretty quickly. Of course, that is the answer though isn’tit? Be loving and kind. Love wins out every time. Darkness cannot abide the light. We are called to be a loving people. Another song aptly names it,“They will know we are Christians by our love.” Jesus’summary of the law also boils down to love, love God and love others.
I challenge you to discuss with your children how they can show to others in their class or the school that we are a loving people. Ask your child if there are students without friends or being left out. The love that Christ calls us to is one that reaches out to others. Let’s start with friendliness and move our children on to compassion that exhibits a concern for others with empathy. We want to impact our students in what they think (Head), personally owning it (Heart), and doing something with it(Hands). Let’s catch our students exhibiting Christ’s love to others. Have a great week!
~ Mr. Bouwers
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