One of the characteristics of a young person who is ready to be a productive Christian is the awareness of their gifts from God. Unfortunately, your kids didn’t come with a user manual where God lists each of your children’s gifts from Him. Many people go through their entire lives not realizing God has given them one or more gifts to use in serving the Kingdom. It is one of the saddest conversations I regularly have with adults – they have missed part of their sense of purpose in life and in the Church because they never discovered their gifts.
One of the most rewarding parts of Christian parenting is helping your kids discover, develop and begin to use the gifts God has given them to serve Him. It can be a fun journey for you and your kids. It won’t always be the smoothest of journeys as there are often false starts and disappointments along the way. It will give you pure joy though to watch your child use a gift for God in service to Him at some point in the future – especially a gift you helped your child discover and develop.
You may not be aware of your own gifts yet. Or you may have no idea how to get started, as the possibilities are rather endless and the gifts each of your children was given may be very different. There are, however, a lot of fun things you can do when your children are young to begin the discovery process with them.
Here are some of the favorite ones we did with our daughter when she was little:
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