Have you ever been excited about a family vacation and wanted your kids to be just as excited, so you kept on talking about what was to come to create excitement and expectation? Or have you ever watched your kids get super excited about Christmas or the snow that is coming? It doesn’t take much to help kids catch your excitement.

One easy way my husband and I helped create expectation in our children’s lives was by asking them some simple questions each night at dinner. We wanted to know what was going on in their lives, especially once they started school, so we would first ask two questions. What was the best part of your day? What was the worst part of your day? We could then fill in the gaps and help them handle and process any challenges in their path. The third question was the most important as it created expectation. Where did you see God today?

We wanted our kids to actively look for God in their day. We knew through our own experience that it was easy to go about our day-to-day lives and not pay attention to God’s movement. He is there. He is working. He is moving. Are we looking? There are so many distractions and just details in our lives that it is easy to lose focus and not look. We found it was a blessing to all of us when we shared our God sightings. We were reminded of God’s faithfulness and His great, big plan.

Give it a try today. Set the expectation that God is on the move and all you need to do is look for Him.

Submitted by Katie Bliss, Children’s Pastor at Hope Church in Oakdale, MN.