Kind Echoes

I have come to realize that the hardest lessons for me are the ones I need to learn myself. So often I can reason with my kids, friends, and family what I think and know to be good, right, and Godly, but then, I fall into my bad habits. One of the best ways for me to beat these bad habits has been to read devotions and positive writings each day.
Right now at dinner each night, we are reading “One Year of Dinner Table Devotions & Discussion Starters: 365 opportunities to grow closer to God as a family” by Nancy Guthrie. Ok, so my desire is to read it every night, but we don’t always read one every night. It is truly a good discussion starter because it gives us Bible verses, a devotion, and 3 questions to keep us talking. It is cool to hear what our 17-year-old and 12-year-old think and always funny and adorable when our 3-year-old raises her hand and shouts out an answer to one of the questions. This family time is precious. It is bringing us together and we are sharing. This good habit is helping to teach me lessons about some of my bad habits.
So…even though my intention for doing Dinner Devotions was to expose my children to God’s Word, I have found it is also helping me! SURPRISE!