Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Shine Like Stars


When I sat down to write my letters yesterday, I had no idea what I was going to say. I had already picked out this star paper and some incentive charts. I knew I wanted to ask the kids to memorize a verse and planned on telling them that each time they said the verse, they could add a sticker to their chart.

I thought I would pick a verse in James since I've been working on that one myself.

But then I realized I had a "star" theme going and decided to use Philippians 2:14-15 instead.

Here's what I ended up writing....


Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe. ~ Philippians 2:14-15 

Do you ever look into the night sky at all the stars? We live just outside a pretty big city, and the lights from the city prevent us from seeing the stars easily at night. But sometimes when we get away from our city, we can look into the night sky and see thousands of stars. I love how brightly they shine and I love looking for the brightest ones.

I love how this verse in Philippians tells us to do everything without complaining and arguing so that we will stand out among everyone else around us – like stars that shine. 
Do you know the song “This Little Light of Mine?” This is a popular children’s song in our country that talks about letting our “light” shine – letting the light of Christ shine through us so others can see God in us. 
I want to encourage you to try to remember this verse. It is so easy to complain and argue when we have to do things we don’t want to do. It is much harder to do them joyfully, but if you do, you will shine like stars in the universe ~ and your Father in heaven will be smiling down on you. 
Will you memorize Philippians 2:14 with me?

Do everything without complaining or arguing. 
Here is a chart and some stickers. Every time you say Philippians 2:14, you can put a sticker on the chart. Hopefully this will help you memorize it and remember that God wants you to shine like stars.

Have you written to your kids this month? If so, what did you write about?

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What a great idea - love that verse and how all your things worked together!
1 reply · active 671 weeks ago
That's it, you're officially the best letter writer I know (haha)!. But really, this letter is amazing. Mind if I send something very similar (maybe even stealing your words exactly) to my kiddos?
2 replies · active 671 weeks ago
What great ideas! Thanks for sharing. You are a great letter writter..... I love how you shared the "shine like stars"

Thanks for all your encouragement....

grace~
1 reply · active 671 weeks ago
Thank you for sharing! Later today I'm going to share this post with my daughters. I think it will give them inspiration, it has me! :)
Ohhh, I am going to borrow/steal this. You are so creative and thoughtful! Thanks!
OH, I love this. With your permission (above) I'm using it also. Thanks for sharing. You are an amazing letter writer.
1 reply · active 671 weeks ago
Wonderful idea, Jill! I absolutely LOVE this! Thank you so much for sharing it!
1 reply · active 671 weeks ago
<3 this!!! i have not heard or read that super simple but so practical verse in a while. going to share it w/ my kiddos in the next round of letters. btw, i see that you typed on the entire face of the stationery. do you attach a second page for translation?
1 reply · active 671 weeks ago
Thanks for sharing, that's a great idea!
This is wonderful! I've been in a "creative drought" lately, and wanted to send something interesting with spiritual substance. I'm so glad you shared this, and that Michelle shared your link on FB ... where I saw it. : ) De
1 reply · active 671 weeks ago
This is such a great idea. Thank you so much for sharing it. I love writing to my children and am always searching for inspiration. Please keep posting your wonderful ideas.
1 reply · active 671 weeks ago
Thank you so much for sharing!!!! I am with everyone else, feel challenged on new and exciting things to send our sponsored kids. With all the restrictions it is hard to find things to send. I think mine might be stickered out but they keep telling me they like them so I will keep sending them. LOL!!!! I am going to get our Haitian boy some soccer cards an send them. Thank you again for sharing and your faithfulness to your sponsored kids and to our Heavenly Father! God Bless!
Totally cool idea! Stealing. :)
What a great idea! Now I know what to do with my next letter! ^_^ Thanks for sharing!
Hi Jill, thank you for posting this! I will definitely share this wonderful idea that the Lord has given you with my children in my July letters to them! Thanks!
This is wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing. :)
What an awesome idea. I would love to use it as well! Thanks so much for sharing.
I love your letter and post! This verse has always been very special to me since I was a little girl. What a fun idea too with the sticker chart.
1 reply · active 618 weeks ago
Thats an incredible Letter ....this idea is amazing

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