I don't want to be a servant!

This morning, Beth threw a tantrum in the midst of being asked to put something back where it belonged.

"I don't want to be a servant!!" she hissed.

"Did you know that Jesus says we can only be great by becoming servants?" I asked.

And launched into the story of Jesus washing His disciples' feet.

Except I took ages to locate the verses in the Bible. Finally found it in John 13.

While I looked up my Bible, Beth looked up her children's illustrated version. She found the story in the account of the disciples and Jesus celebrating Passover before Jesus was crucified.

We talked about what it might mean to be a servant e.g. letting others go ahead of us in the playground or at dinner, Daddy helping out with washing up in the church kitchen, Daddy vacuuming the social hall after coffee fellowship...

Thank you Lord for the opportunity to teach my child your Word. May its truth remain in her heart and bear much fruit in her daily living.