Cookie Temption

This morning in church Thomas and I listened to Pastor Jay as he talked about temptation...on a child's level. He ate a freshly baked cookie in front of them and ohhed and ahhed over it. I think they got the message, but weren't prepared for the challenge.

He handed each child a baggie with 2 cookies in it and told them not to eat it until after lunch.

The adults in the congregation giggled and the associate pastor mockingly gave out the Pastor's email address for those parents who wanted to "complain."

This was a struggle for Thomas since he being of only 2 years had no real ability to wait until after anything--he had cookies in his hand and he wanted to eat them now!

Thankfully I had a small supply of Smarties in his church bag and we were able to curb the thought of them.

As for keeping his promise, he did. Not only did he wait until *after* dinner, but he shared the second cookie with Gracie (his idea, not mine!).

I decided that we would respond to the Pastor's idea to email him and tell him how the children did. I included the above picture collage. Here was his response:

Thomas,

I'm so proud of you and I know God is smiling too.

Pastor Jay

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