Lesson 4 in the Light of a Good Character is called the Worship of God. It talks about God as Creator and that we pray to God because we love Him. And we can show our love for God by helping others. (And by being obedient to our parents. This is a great book!)
There has been emphasis in all the prior chapters about cleanliness that I skipped because, I don't know, I guess I just expect my children to be clean. And at the ages the little guys are, cleanliness for them is still mostly my job. But this lesson, after saying we can show our love for God by being clean, went on to say, "when we clean this place where we have our classes we are helping other people. We are all happy when we see a clean place. God wants us to help other people, to be clean, and to be happy."
I thought this whole lesson tied in nicely to our Baha'i community's plan to adopt a park, so I took the little guys (3yo and 5yo), my big kid (13yo), and a trio of brother and sisters (ages 9-12) to clean up Waterfall Park. And play. Helping. Cleaning. Happy. We got it!
I also read a version of the Lion and the Mouse for the little guys before we left for the park.
I was concerned that the amount of litter at this rather large park might be too much for such a small group to handle, but I went back today and it wasn't too bad. whew! We'll see about formally adopting it during the week.
Tomorrow is the Twelveth Day of Ridvan. Ya Baha'ul-Abha!
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