Forget not His benefits!

Daily Blessings - Kids journal

Bible Verses: Psalm 103: 1-3

Date: September 1st 2009

Today was the second day of school for the kids. I was tired from work. I had to take care of a phone business at costco. But my husband wanted to go out to buy some school stuff for kids. So, I stayed back and was helping the kids do their homework. My son was very fussy and did not want to do his home work. It was about writing sentences for the given words. After an hour of struggle, he still had a few words left to write. As it was getting late for supper, I tried to help him to write the sentence for the word 'sit'. I started saying 'I sit on......what?', thinking that he will say 'sofa' or 'chair'. His eyes were just focused on the roof and he was not saying anything for a few moment. Even though it was only a few seconds, it felt very long as I was expecting him to complete it quickly and move on to write the sentence for the next word.

At this point, I lost my patience and started raising my voice asking what he was doing looking at the roof. Suddenly, there came a little voice that said 'I sit on my mom's lap'. At first, I couldn't hear very well what he said. So I asked him 'what did you say?'. With his angelical smile and a little bit of shyness on his face, he said it again 'I sit on my mom's lap'. My heart melted like the ice-cream and leaped with joy. My anger and frustration vanished in a split second. All I could say was 'Oh, My Baby, Oh, My Baby' giving him lots of flying kisses. It was one of those 'cho cho' moment! I was very proud to be a mom. I was so happy to see that He remembered to say that.

Lesson I learned:

If, we, human beings can be so loving and forgiving by our kids words of praise or rememberance, how much more will God be pleased if we, His children remember and thank Him for all the things that He has done for us. David was a man of praise and prayer. He always remembered to thank God and praise His name.

In Psalms 103 he says:
1 Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
2 Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits-
3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases