Newsflash!

Newsflash! Karen Johns has just finished another year of study and she is pretty pleased with herself!

I don’t know about you, but whenever I have accomplished something I feel really good in myself about it and I just want to tell everyone else as well! I am actually just a big kid looking for affirmation all the time – how sad!

But it was this thought that got me thinking about how little I/we recognise and draw attention to our childrens’ accomplishments – like completing another year of school.

Every year our children start school a little smarter than they did the year before. We also know that by the end of the year they are going to be a whole lot smarter than they were at the beginning too. Isn’t that just fantastic? But I ask you – do you ever really sit down with your child and discuss it?

I don’t and I probably should have! I reflected tonight on how great it feels to finish college and how it feels to have my final exam out of the way - pretty confident that I have passed all my subjects. I took the opportunity to feel good in myself and I recognise that I am a lot more knowledgeable about God and the bible than I ever was before. That is a big deal for me.

Our kids have been at school for the whole year and I want to encourage you to take some time out with your child and just reflect together on all that they have achieved this year. They have completed another year of school and they know so much more than they did before. Encourage them to be pleased at what they have done and then encourage them to look forward to the next year and all that they will learn and understand then too!

God tells us to train up our kids in the way they should go and we need to teach our kids to appreciate learning and be excited about who they are and their future.