Family Faith Walk for Palm Sunday

Deuteronomy 6:6-9 says "And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.  You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.  You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.  You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and your gates."  In other words, the Lord's words are supposed to be a part of our every day life.

So that brings me to today's post.  I have a book entitled "Family Faith Walks" by Kelly J. Haack that gives ideas and suggestions for families of all kinds to incorporate Christ into their daily lives.  This particalar idea/topic is for Palm Sunday, which is the beginning of Holy Week.  You can find the Palm Sunday account in Mark 11:1-11, Matthew 21:1-11, Luke 19:28-44 and John 12:12-19.

It is spring and yard work is on the top of the list of things to do.  The sticks are in need of being picked up!  While picking up sticks have a discussion with your family about how the people waved the palm branches in glory of our Savior.  How can the sticks being picked up be done in glory of our Savior?  The conversation can lead to how can we glorify Jesus in our everyday life through regular everyday activities. 

If you have younger children that like to do crafts, make palm branches out of newspaper or regular paper and write words of praise on them.  Display those words of praise somewhere in your house to remind you of what Jesus has done for us and what positive words we can use in our daily life.

If you have any ideas to go along with this faith walk post a comment.  As I see more family faith walks that fit a particular topic/season I will share them with you.  Praying your time working in the yard leads to great conversations with your loved ones!

Cheryl