The Blessing Box

Noah and I have some of our greatest chats in the car. Tonight on the way home from piano lessons we started to have a conversation about the earthquake in Haiti. He wondered if the Haitians were still able to listen to music as he didn't think ipods would have survived beneath the rubble. I told him that many people there probably had never listened to music on an ipod or had even seen one.

We talked about the poorer developing countries and how people in those countries concerned themselves with basic human necessities. These are places where ipods and cell phones simply don't exist. Together we began a list of those basic necesseties. "A roof over your head" he said. "something to eat" I added. "something to wear" he said, "and if you are lucky, shoes on your feet." "Faith," I added, wondering if he would grasp that..."Jesus," he said. "You can't forget Jesus, Mom". "I didn't forget, just waiting for your help with the list."

"Mom," he continued, "Do you know what a blessing box is?" I confess, I had no idea...so Noah explained: "God helps us when we need him, but sometimes it is hard to remember that he has helped us before. So, a Blessing Box is a box you can put things in to remind you that God helps you incase one day you forget. You can put in an object that represents or write it on a piece of paper, and then when you need it you just open it up and you know that God has always been there for you. And he will still be there for you. We need a Blessing Box, Mom."

Sometimes I wish I could be two places at once. I wish I could watch Noah learn in Children's Church... without missing the message at the other end. But the Blessing Box is a great idea, and I think it just might help me witness what he is learning. We're going to make a Blessing Box this weekend. I can hardly wait!