Perseverance

This past week we talked about Perseverance.
Our bible verse was

Perseverance is a big word, but the girls had an easy time understanding it because we listen to GT and the Halo Express in the van.  One of their CD's is about perseverance.  So when I asked Annabelle if she knew what perseverance meant, this is what she said, "It means overcoming obstacles and trusting in God to do your best."  That is pretty much exactly what they say on the CD.

They also knew our verse from GT.  All the bible verses are turned into songs, which makes it really easy for kids to remember.

We did some fun activities this week to talk about perseverance.

We did some exercises with "weights" and recorded how many they could do.  Each day they could see that they improved a little bit.

This activity had 2 points to it!
Annabelle drew a picture of Jesus and we taped it to the wall. 
I had the girls practice walking across the balance beam.  They had to persevere until they were able to get across without falling.
For the second part of the activity, I had them look at the picture of Jesus and walk across.  Then I had them look all around and try to walk across.  When they focused on one spot they were able to do it successfully. 
I told the girls that when they looked to Jesus and made good choices, they would stay on the path to heaven, but if they looked around to bad things, they would have a hard time.  Then we sang O Be Careful Little Children What You Do.

We took a 450 foot walk, which is the approximate length of Noah's ark.  I told the girls that Noah had to have perseverance to keep building the ark because it was so big and because people made fun of him.

 Then we came back home and tried to build towers as tall as we could.  A little tricky with a baby around, but they used perseverance and did a pretty good job.

The girls liked learning about perseverance and had a lot of tun with the activities. 
I love that they are remembering our bibles lessons.  The other day Annabelle had a toy half way up the steps and asked for help getting it the rest of the way up.  She said, "I used perseverance, but I can't get it all the way up."

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

Philippians 4:13