“I’m so excited to go to class!” tweeted my just-awoken-but-already-peppy three-year-old at 6:20 this morning. He was referring to his Sunday school class. As we were driving to the church, he beamed about going to class today and said, “I’m so excited,” and on and on he goes about his teachers and the machines and everything else on his three-year-old planet.
What makes a little boy so excited to go to class at 6:20 in the morning? Well…doesn’t take a genius to figure that he must be having tons of fun while there. This now, from a year ago when just the idea of going to church makes him cry, even to a point of saying, “I don’t want to go to church!”
But fun he must be having! And who facilitates the fun? His teachers! He loves them so much he’ll even pretend on most days to be a teacher himself and do things teachers do, like telling us a story that starts with, “Okay, here goes…” or reading us a book.
I am ever so thankful for you, Sunday school teachers. You have your own set of circumstances, some perhaps brought with you on Sunday mornings, yet you give of your time to care and love on our little kiddos. Thank you for your tireless, selfless acts of love. Thank you for caring for them much that you put up with stinky diapers, sticky fingers, random and/or intense crying, snot, and some craziness that little ones are, for some reason, capable of. Thank you for investing in the lives of our little kiddos. Already, my little guy is so enthralled with the whole teacher idea and loves being one. That tells me that he’s loved on a lot in his classes.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
I am liking this idea of 30 days of Thanksgiving. I’ve been wanting to do it for a while now. Other crazy things have been happening. I’ll tuck this under my hat for use next year. Thanks for spurring me on
Since I’ve been wanting to get on the “One Thousand Gifts” bandwagon, I figured 30 would be a good start.
Thanks for stopping by! The 18th can’t get here soon enough! 
Hey! Kris sent me a link to your blog entry and I must say how incredibly encouraging it is to read this. You and I spoke on that very Sunday morning when he woke up so energized and excited for Sunday School! He has been an absolute JOY in the class and I am so honored to be able to teach him this year about the LOVE of Christ! What an amazing opportunity!!
Thank you so much for sharing!!!
Hi Meredith! Thank you again, from the bottom of my heart, for your incredible acts of love, caring for my little guy and his pals in his Sunday school class. Our family is continually blessed by all you do. Thank you!