This week your kids probably started talking about their classroom Valentine’s party. Kindness and love will be marketed in store and window displays urging you to purchase, chocolates, candy, flowers, cards and stuffed animals.
While all of these are nice ways of sharing love with each other, it doesn’t compare with the way God shares his love with us. As Christian parents and grandparents, it is important for us to help our little ones know about God’s great love.
Know God’s Love
I’ve included some love passages from God below that can be found in the Bible.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
“See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God” 1 John 3:1
“Dear friends, let us love one another, since love comes from God.” 1 John 4:7
We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19
Remember God’s Love
Read them to your child and let them pick out their favorite. You can enhance their learning experience by helping them:
1). Cut out their verse.
2). Memorize it.
3). Put it in an envelope.
Address the envelope-
To: Your Child’s Name
From: God
Craft God’s Love
Let you kids have a great time “crafting” those beautiful envelopes with heart stickers, markers, stamps, paint, collage, etc.
Embrace God’s Love
Now that their Valentine from God is complete, let each child put their beautiful works of art in their Valentine box. Consider it a mini “love note from God!” Need a Valentine box idea? Here is a fun one from Plaid, if you have an empty cereal box.
I also wanted to mention this beautiful new picture book on the market titled, “Easter Love Letters from God by Glenys Nellist and illustrated by Sophie Allsopp, published by Zonderkidz. It is the perfect book to read now and start the discussion of God’s great love for us as we transition into the Lenten season.
Share God’s Love
Lastly, I want to help you give your child a love note from God in the form of an illustrated bookmark. We can only start to understand love because God first loved us. You can read that blog post here. Click to download the pdf and print out the bookmark on cardstock from your computer. I will leave the link in place until Valentine’s Day.
Let me know which one of the verses your child chose!
Happy Valentine’s Day,
Smiles,
Wendy