No Sacrifice is too Great....

(A little background if you don't already know: Hope is 9 and Jack is 4)

I asked Hope what she did at school today.

She said that they're talking about what it means to give sacrificially. She went on to tell me that the teacher talked about Christ's love for us, and how much He has sacrificed for us; how He gave up what He loved most in order save us.

As an application exercise, each child had to bring their favorite stuffed animal to school today and leave it there for a few days. The idea being that they experience what it's like to give up something they love.

I was pleased to see that she seemed to be getting so much out of the lesson and the exercise.

Beaming with pride for my sweet girl, I asked her if it was hard to leave her favorite stuffed animal at school.

The moment was lost when she responded by saying, "Nope, not at all. I took Jack's favorite stuffed animal."

I get the feeling she didn't get the purpose of the exercise... I hope that Jack's preschool teacher will be teaching on forgiveness tomorrow.

((sigh...))