A message every adult should consider because children are watching you and doing as you do, not as you say!

I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator You didn’t know it but it made me feel so good that I immediately went to work on another one just for you. – Self Esteem 1 Thess 5:12-13 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; 13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.

I saw you feed a stray cat and I learned to be kind to animals At times we fail to consider how we mold the minds of children Gen 18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord Prov 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it

I saw you show kindness to so many so I learned to do the same thing Luke 6:35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest 1 Cor 13:4 Love suffereth long, (and) is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

I heard you praying and I knew there was a God that I could talk to Christians should teach their children to pray earnestly - nothing is more valuable Jude But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

I saw you prepare a whole meal and take it to a family in need just to help Do you help when you have the opportunity ? Luke 10:30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him

I saw you being a loving wife and mother to our family Important to set the standard for children and newlyweds Titus 2:4-5 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

I saw compassion when someone needed you Heb 10:34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. Jude Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:

I saw you reading your Bible and could see your interest in what it said 1 Tim 4:13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 2 Tim 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

I saw you showing courage to do what you thought was right 1 Chron 19:13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the Lord do that which is good in his sight. Ps 31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.

I saw you telling someone you were sorry for something you had done 2 Cor 7:9-11 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

I saw you being faithful to God even though it was difficult to do Heb 10:22-24 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) 24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

When you thought I wasn’t looking, I looked at you and wanted to say thanks for all the things I saw and the lessons I learned when you thought I wasn’t looking !