WINTER Kids Night In Box
Faith-Family-Fun
Mem ory V e rs e :
P s alm 139:1 4 “I pra ise y o u, f o r I am fe a rfully a nd wo nder f ully m a de .” H e l p y o ur k i d d o s me mo ri z e Psal m 1 3 9 : 1 4 t hi s C hr i s tmas. S hare wi th yo ur k i d d o s t ha t t he re i s no o ne qui te l i ke t he m b e c a us e t h e y we re f e arf ul l y and wo nd e r f ul l y m a de , j ust l i ke the uni que s no wf l a k e s y o u l e arne d abo ut and c r e a t e d a s a p a rt o f yo ur Ki ds Ni ght I n B o x!
Rea d a loud D o y o u k no w a nyo ne who l o o ks a l i ttl e b i t l i k e y o u d o ? Maybe yo ur bro the r o r s i s t e r , o r a f r i e n d who ’ s abo ut yo ur age ? D o t he y ha v e t he same e ye c o l o r o r hai r c o l o r a s y o u? O r maybe bo th? (Allow a mo me n t f o r t h o u gh t .) T he r e a r e l o t s o f ki ds yo ur age aro und t he wo r l d who a re a l i ttl e bi t l i ke yo u. Ki d s t ha t t a l k t he same , l augh the same , wa l k t he s a m e , a nd e ve n l i ke the same f o o d s a s y o u! B u t gue ss what, YOU ( c hi l d ' s na m e ) a re so spe c i al to Go d that H e k ni t t e d y o u t o ge the r l i ke a be auti f ul s no wf l a k e . G o d gave yo u e ve rythi ng t ha t m a k e s y o u, yo u. T he re i s no o ne e l s e i n t he who l e wi de wo rl d l i ke yo u. L e t m e t e l l y o u a sto ry abo ut a l i ttl e gi rl who we nt o ut s i de to pl ay i n the sno w. As f a r a s sh e co u ld s ee, everyt h in g w a s co v e r e d i n powdery, wh it e s n ow. M i l l i o n s o f t i n y s n owfla kes h ad f a l l e n t h e n i g h t b efore. S h e didn ’t t h i n k t h a t e a ch s n owflake was very sp e ci a l b e ca u se s h e n eeded lot s a n d l o t s o f sn o w t o bu ild h er s n owm a n . S h e wo r k e d a ll m orn in g b u ildin g t h e b i g g e st sn o w man s h e c ou ld , a n d s h e w a s so p r o u d o f it . Af t e r a l i t t l e wh ile, a few kids from d o w n t h e st r e e t c am e over a n d p u s h ed h e r sn o wma n d own . All h er h ard work w a s r u i n e d ! S h e t u rn ed t o walk h om e
wh ile feelin g very sad about her poor s n owm a n . Before she opened her front d oor t o walk in s ide, she looked up to t h e s ky. Way u p h ig h in the sky , one t in y lit t le s n owfla ke caught her ey e as it fell t oward t h e ground. It blew left an d it b lew righ t , and it landed right on h er n os e! T h e little girl giggled as s h e felt t h e c old s now flake kiss her n os e, a n d it m a de her forget all about wh y s h e was s ad . T hat o ne ti ny sno wflake made th e l i ttl e gi rl smi l e ! Out of all th e oth er sno wf l ake s, i t had a pu rpose. Sometimes Go d l i ke s to use so meth in g very small ( j ust l i ke yo u) to do someth in g very big, so me thi ng no o the r sn ow flake cou ld do qui te the same . Our B i bl e ve rse te l l s u s th at w e are “ f e arf ul l y and wo nderfu lly made” by Go d. T hi s me ans th at He very tho ughtf ul l y put us togeth er to be e xac tl y who we are ! D o yo u re me mbe r a time w h en y ou made so me o ne smi l e when th ey w ere sad? ( He l p yo ur l i ttl e o ne(s) recall a specific mo me nt.) No one could have done t hat quite lik e y ou! What i s yo ur spe c i a l h obby ? M ay be si ngi ng, danc i ng, readin g, or sports? No one c a n do it qu it e like you! What do yo u want t o be w h en y ou grow up? No one ha s a dre am quit e lik e y ours! L e t’ s sto p and say th an k y ou to God for maki ng us so spe c i a l. (Allow y ou r kiddos to re pe at af te r yo u) T h an k you G od for creating me like no on e els e. T h an k you for giving me special gifts, t alen t s , an d drea ms. T h an k you for let t ing me use them to m ake people s m ile… like n o on e els e c a n! In J es u s ’ n am e, Am en.