Yesterday, I had lunch with a close friend to pray with her and swap stories of what God is doing in our lives. She was my prayer and accoutability partner several years ago. She is such an encouragement to me because she remembers some of the things I struggled with years ago and remembered to ask me about them yesterday.
Recently, she transferred her girls from a Christian school to the public middle school. She has been helping her daughters realize that they are followers of Jesus and should reflect His image at school and when they are with their friends. One day this point was perfectly illustrated when she sent one daughter out to her garden to pick flowers for their dinner table. The girl went to the white daisies but was quickly attracted to the one yellow daisy among all the white ones. She picked the yellow daisy and brought it to her mother. My friend was surprised to see the yellow flower and asked her why she picked that one when there were a whole bunch of white ones. "Because I was attracted to it. The yellow one stuck out from the others." My friend used this opportunity to talk to her daughter about the fact that as a follower of Jesus we should "stick out" among others so that the world would be attracted to us and want to know more about the One we follow.
What a great example of a parent teaching truth to her child!
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