"This is for you to eat"

Looking through a child’s perspective can be an awarding and view changing experience. One of the major ways that I have seen a new perspective is through the kind hearts of children and how their focus can easily change from infancy, where it is all about them, to elementary, where they learn how to focus on others also.

In the Garden this summer, the kids are learning about giving away the fruits of their labor. I especially saw this giving concept when I looked at the cards that the kids wrote for the families who are receiving the fresh produce to. These cards say things such as “this is for you to eat” and “we are going to give you fruit” in these simple sentences it is amazing to see how easy it is for them to give this away with so much love dripping from every word, and then from this, these families are able to see the fruits of God’s spirit in these kids through actual fresh produce. Seeing all of this come full circle is a rewarding experience that has help me see that we do not always need extravagant words and long stories to be able to reach out and show Gods love, sometimes it can be as simple as a bag of lettuce and a sentence that can lead to the changing of that particular persons’ life. But, this is part of the magic of being a child and knowing that they can change the world one person at a time.