Last month we focused on the virtue of responsibility, introducing the idea that God’s gifts to us come with some expectations, responsibilities with which God has entrusted us. This month we continue the line of thought by focusing on service. There’s what you HAVE to do (responsibility); then there’s what you CHOOSE to do (service). Just as God created responsibility, He created service—lending a hand to help someone else. Just as God is the ultimate example of responsibility, He is also the epitome of service. No one ever did or could do more to serve others than Jesus did! He did it in His everyday life, He did it when He went to the cross, and He taught us to do it as well. So this month, we will help your child begin to understand what Jesus meant when He said to go the extra mile!
