But, like most good things, there's a catch. The catch is that for every mystery I read to him, he must spend 5 minutes reading a chapter book to me. Today, he's read an entire Little Bear book to me and most of a Franklin book! In return, he's gotten 4 mysteries!
Daniel is such a good reader. He has learned so many sight words just through exposure over the summer. It's very exciting to me because I'm such an avid reader. And tonight, as I tucked Daniel in after the final mystery, I realized something.
I'm incredibly proud of Daniel becoming a fluent and confident reader because I enjoy reading so much. That's the way parents are... And so is God. God is an incredibly avid lover. He loves all things and is perfect at it. Daniel is becoming a better reader because he practices. Hmm... Shouldn't I become a better lover through practice? Daniel learns longer words and builds his vocabulary by reading. Shouldn't I learn different ways to show the love of Christ through loving? Daniel is learning to appreciate different types of books because I expose him to different types of books. God exposes me to different types of people everyday. Shouldn't I learn to appreciate them as well?
Wow... I've often said that God constantly uses my children to teach me more and more about Himself and tonight was no different. I pray that God opens my eyes and heart to new and different ways to show others that I love them just the way they are. Thank you, Lord, for those beautiful children You have entrusted to my care and please continue to use them to teach me. Please teach me to love them in ways that they know it comes from You.
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I saw your comment on CAR's blog and was just seeing if I could get the comments to work! I guess it did!
I'm trying to get my comment to work too! (My comment settings are Only registered users including openIDs can comment. I don't have comment verification and I use capcha to reduce spam.) I hope that helps, maybe just playing around with your setting may solve the problem.
BTW, I used to devour Encyclopedia Brown books!
Thanks a bunch! I just fiddled with the settings AGAIN... I changed some setting from embedded below to full page. I don't know why that would make a difference but that's the change that worked!
And I loved those books as a child too! Thats why I thought Daniel might as well!
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