A new creation

John 8:12  " when Jesus spoke again to the people , he said, "I am the light of the world. whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of light:.

I found a cute little pumpkin devotion today & decided it would be fun to do with the girls tonight after dinner.

So after school we set off to the pumpkin patch to get us a few pumpkins.

Then after dinner we all went outside and as David started to cut the top of the pumpkin and we started to pull out all of the "yuck" inside we talked about how that is a picture of what God does to us when we ask Him to come into our hearts. God takes us & cleanses us from all our sin- casting them as far as the east is from the west. We let each of them pull out some of the "yuck"

As David carved the eyes, nose & smiling face we talked about how this represents how God makes us a new creation.

And as we put the light in the pumpkin, we reminded them that Christ comes into our lives as a light & can shine through us into a dark world. ( insert McKinley singing..you are the light of the world, you are a city on a hill"  Oh yes, she did folks!)

We wanted to remind them that on October 31st we are celebrating Jesus Christ and HIS beauty & light!

Blessings-
Melissa