“How old are you JP?”
We hold up our index finger. He looks back at his hands and wiggles his little fingers.
The other morning, I was driving and I started rubbing my right ear. I turned around to check on JP and he was looking at me and rubbing his right ear too!
Steph, JP and Lance (my family) are my vocation. If asked, I’d say I want nothing more than for them to know, love and serve the Lord with all their heart, mind and soul.
But what if that’s the problem? See, when JP successfully copied me, I learned that I can’t do anything just to get my family to love God. All the times we’ve asked JP how old he is, we modeled the action just to get him to do it and it never worked.
So in the end, to get my family to love God, loving God must be what I want most for myself.
Today’s reading comes from the book of Tobit, “When Tobit saw his son, he threw his arms around him and wept. He exclaimed, ‘I can see you, son, the light of my eyes!’”
Thank you son, I love you.
Makana Aiona is the diocesan coordinator for Young Adult Ministry.