The other day we had a true teachable moment.  It was something quite simple, and yet made an impact on my son, Boyzer.

He's playing baseball this year, something many 10 year old boys do in the spring.  He's grown quite a bit this past year and needed a new glove.  Well, they can be kind of expensive - at least if you want one that will last for awhile.  Thankfully we had a gift card from a local sporting goods shop that still had quite a bit on it and thought we would use it for the glove.

My husband went with Boyzer one evening to look for a glove. . .but we couldn't find the gift card anywhere.  A search ensued that even got my purse cleaned out.  Actually I thought that part was pretty nice.  I hadn't cleaned it out in awhile so it was a good excuse and my dear husband did it for me. 

The next morning we weren't sure what we were going to do.  I asked Boyzer at one point if he had prayed about it yet.  He hadn't.  So I told him if he did maybe the Lord would help him find it.  Not more than ten minutes later I was looking through some things near my laptop and sure enough - there's the gift card!  It was a hallelujah moment for us because now we could afford to get him the glove he needed for baseball. 

That's not the end though.  I asked Boyzer again if he had prayed, and he had.  He had a big smile on his face.  My husband and I confirmed to him that God had answered his prayer, and wasn't that awesome of the Lord?  Boyzer agreed.  I reminded him that it's so cool to see God work in our lives like this.  It's things like this, little things, that help us grow and know that God will be there for us when the big things happen.  That was the teachable moment.  And I was so thankful that this time God reminded me to use the moment and teach my son about Him.

I was really proud of Boyzer the other day.  He received an invitation to a birthday party next week.  It sounds like a fun party.  Some of his best buddies are going to be there and they are all going to a comedy show that evening.

He was so excited until he got to the date on the invite.  The party is on the same day and time of his choir concert.  Wow!  I could tell by the look on his face that he was crestfallen.  Yet, without any prompting from me, he declared to his little sister that he couldn't go because he had a concert that night and he had promised his choir director that he would be there.  It was a hard decision for him, and not without a few tears, but one he made very quickly.

I told him later how proud I was of him.  It's not easy to see your child disappointed in what life gives him.  I wanted to make it better and find a way that he could do both,  yet I couldn't.  A choice had to be made and he decided to do what was right.  He had already made a commitment, and even though he would rather have done something different, he remained faithful to his word.  That speaks loudly to me of his developing character, and gives me a little glimpse of what he'll be like as a grown man facing much harder decisions than this.