Well Versed Kid & More Blessed To Give

So, for the 3rd year, Aliyah is a Well Versed Kid at church. She said all of her verse passages, chapters, Books of the Bible, the Lord's Prayer, and the cumulative verses to do it! We are so proud of her and the work that she put in!! One that I was particularly excited about was the Luke 2:1-14 passage that she memorized. She was able to recite the Christmas story this Christmas!

At church, they put a little blurb in the bulletin with their picture. They then put their picture on the video wall during the annoucements. The cool thing was we had family there last Sunday for Noelliah's dedication when they put it up! Aliyah got a cute little grin when they put it up there.

Today, I remembered that we were nearby the Christian bookstore where Aliyah had a gift certificate to use for being a Well Versed Kid. She was all smiles as she held my hand going into the store. We went to the kid's section and looked around. She picked out two books. After that, I proceeded to ask her if she wanted any DVD's, music, other books, toys, etc...She answered "no". She wanted to get Keirah and let her pick out something as well. Not only that, but she picked out the sweetest little pink Bible for Noelliah. She had another big smile on her face. I had a smile on my face and in my heart. She spent well over half of her gift certificate on her sisters. WOW!! I have a feeling that blessing will be far more than what she would have gotten if she had kept it to herself. I am sure that daddy will be so proud of her as well when he gets home and hears the story!!

Oh yeah, a footnote to the story that I forgot to put in...Aliyah received a little card from her one of her SS teachers from last year with a picture of her from the bulletin and a note and a $2 bill congratulating her on being a Well Versed Kid. She was so excited and got that smirky grin that she gets when she feels special albeit shy about it at the same time.