Hi everyone,
I hope you are well. I wanted to let you see my first graders! Aren't they cute? We just had our
Valentine's Day party today. Brazilians do have a Valentine's Day but it is more for the adults than for the kids. So I decided to talk about the real St. Valentine in class today. He was a bishop in Rome under Claudius II. He would marry Christian couples and share his faith. He began sharing the gospel to Claudius II and He got upset and put him into jail. He was killed for sharing his faith. He was beaten to death. There is one story that He shared his faith to the jailer's blind daughter and gave her a letter signed Be my Valentine right before his death. He was a martyr for the faith. I spoke of God's love and how God loves us with an everlasting love. My kids enjoyed acting out the story of St. Valentine. Also, I am getting tutored by one of my parents in Portuguese! Praise the Lord for her! She is enabling me to share my faith even easier!
Valentine's Day party today. Brazilians do have a Valentine's Day but it is more for the adults than for the kids. So I decided to talk about the real St. Valentine in class today. He was a bishop in Rome under Claudius II. He would marry Christian couples and share his faith. He began sharing the gospel to Claudius II and He got upset and put him into jail. He was killed for sharing his faith. He was beaten to death. There is one story that He shared his faith to the jailer's blind daughter and gave her a letter signed Be my Valentine right before his death. He was a martyr for the faith. I spoke of God's love and how God loves us with an everlasting love. My kids enjoyed acting out the story of St. Valentine. Also, I am getting tutored by one of my parents in Portuguese! Praise the Lord for her! She is enabling me to share my faith even easier!
In Jeremiah 31:3, it states:
"The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness."
In Romans 5:8, it states:
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
In Proverbs 15:13, it states:
"A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, but when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken."
Anyway, there are many verses but I shared about Christ's love to my students today. Thank-you Lord for giving me the opportunity to share YOUR LOVE! Thank-you for YOUR SACRIFICE! Thank-you for godly men and women everyday who share about You and die for the FAITH!
Amen!
Nova
P.S. Don't you like our silly pictures? It was actually my idea! They loved it!
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