FAITH5

My family and I started doing Faith 5 together as part of the bedtime routine.  My wife and I have two kids, 3 and 20 months.  The four of us pile on the futon in our upstairs gathering area, read a few books, and then start Faith 5.  Though we have only been doing this for about two months, the benefits are a gift from God.  Here are a couple of examples: We usually start a new Bible verse each Sunday night and pull from Sunday morning’s lesson for that week.  One of our very first verses was Jesus is our Emmanuel.  We taught our son that Emmanuel means, “God is with us.”  And that has stuck.  No matter the Bible verse we share, to our son it always means God is with us.  And he’s not wrong.  Now, all of our Bible verses mean God is with us “and.”  At 20 months, our daughter doesn’t share much in terms of highs or lows, but she sure can bless.  She loves to rub her balled-up hand on our foreheads (supposedly making the sign of the cross) and snuggle close with a hug. At those moments, I know God is blessing me.  Faith 5 has been a great blessing for our family. It has helped each of us see and experience God each night with each other.