This is my daughter Katie.
She is six...and she is very good at being six, she's practically a professional.
This is a picture of the day she tried to squeeze herself into a Super Girl costume two sizes too small. Anyone with kids knows these are things kids do.
They try to squeeze themselves into things that don't fit because they have imaginations and aspirations bigger than they can ever accomplish. It's part of the beauty of being a kid, right?
On this day, she wanted to be a superhero.
She has plenty of moments where she enjoys being a mommy to babies, and bears, and puppies...but this day, this moment, she wanted to be a superhero.
Today's blog post captures the essence of heart-felt desire for relationship. And while the cape and costume don't fit her...Katie is a Relational Superhero, because she's clothed in Jesus.
You see, Katie loves our home group. So much she talks about it at school, with her little six year old friends.
She's talked about it so much, she's invited people in her first grade class to our home group.
Her little playground chats led to more discussions between kids, which led to a discussion between moms and eventually a formal invitation after school one day. I gave directions to our host home over the shouts of her friend, a small boy jumping up and down chanting, "I want to go to home group!!"
This week, the new family joined our group, and it was all because of Katie.
It didn't take much persuasion on her part, just excitement, honesty, compassion, and love. She knows she has something really great and she can't keep it contained - she has good news to share and she refuses to keep it to herself.
A new relationship is now blooming, because of one little girl who loves Jesus and her "homie group" and wants the same thing for other people in her life.
She's just a little warrior, battling for truth, justice and the Jesus way.
This week my six-year old daughter taught me something on how to be a Relational Hero...and no capes are required...because I'm clothed in Jesus too.
Thanks for reading, catch you next week.
H =D
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