Parent’s Corner- “For the Kids!” Series

Parent’s Corner began as a communication tool to inform parents what had been taught in Children’s Sunday school classes on a given Sunday morning, providing passages to read together and discussion questions to facilitate conversation between parents and their children during the week.  We have just finished Year 3 of our curriculum series.  The decision has been made to press “pause” in our Children’s ministry classes before beginning again with Year 1.  While we are paused, I will be changing the focus of Parent’s Corner from curriculum notes, to teachable moments. 

 “For the Kids!”

This collection of topical journal entries will focus on teachable moments that parents can have with their kids.  They will be grounded in Scripture, seasoned by stories and experiences, and distributed with love and prayers for many sweet times together as a family.  In an effort to be organized and purposeful, I’ll be choosing topics by going through the alphabet.  As I write this, please know that I don’t claim to have all of the answers.  Not at all!  What I do have is a genuine desire to have a teachable spirit, and a heart for the precious kiddos in our body. 

N is for Names

“A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.”

Proverbs 22:1 ESV

“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.”  John 15:16 ESV

Have you ever talked to your parents about your name?  Do you know why they chose the name they did for you?  Were you named for a favorite relative, or for someone else they admired?  Is there something about that person that they wanted you to know by naming you after them? 

Sometimes, choosing a name is easy.  I had a name in mind for a little girl for many years that I didn’t end up using.  I had one of my son’s names in mind well before he was born, while the others came to us a little closer to their birth.  There are so many good names out there!

One promise we can count on is that God has known us and loved us even before our parents gave us our names.  He knew who we were before we even had our names!  We all know the name Jesus, but do you know that there are many other names in the Bible that He goes by?  Some of them refer to His power.  Some of them refer to His Goodness.  Some of them refer to His majesty.  After you finish asking your parents about your name and how you got it, look through your Bibles together and look for many of the names of Jesus.  Each one will point to a different characteristic of His character and give you even more understanding of who He is.  You will be blessed by learning about our Savior through studying His many names!