You are Special

Present April 2014

Max Lucado wrote a wonderful story You are Special. I tried to paste the image of the front cover here, and his website but that was not successful.  But the key point in the book is that God's opinion is the one that truly matters, not what everyone else thinks.

We had a rough week. My husband had a better week, but my 10 year-old son had a rough week. Right now at recess it's cool to play football. He brings his own ball, and the kids like to play with his because it's out local high school's colors. He didn't get to play the position that he wanted. He was picked last by the team captains, and every day at recess he was told he "sucked" at all the positions he played.

This dark cloud needed to end.

Along with Scriptures we read this book before he left for school. I had stickers that stuck, and stickers that were so old they wouldn't stick to anything. We dropped all the negative stickers on the ground.

The sticker that my son wanted to stick was that he was a good son. He dropped the sticker about being a poor football player.

The sticker that my husband dropped was that he was going to hell.

That was the first time we talked about my husband's fear with the whole family. The kids and I told their dad all the good things that he does for the world and our family. We left the house with a peaceful feeling.

Our son thought this was so helpful we did this for about three days.

Thank you Max Lucado for being inspired to write a story that reminds us that God's opinion is the one that truly matters.  Thank you for helping us battle the Dark Side one day at a time.