On Sunday mornings, we try to have a dollar for each of the girls to have something to put in the collection plate. A few Sunday’s ago, Carly (age 6) looked up at me and asked me if I had a dollar for her. I told her that I had forgotten to grab one that morning. She said, “Ok.” But I could see her wheels turning. She looked around at her things and then back up at me and said, “Mom, do you think God likes lollipops?”

After quickly and quietly trying to explain that when we give for the contribution we are giving the money to the church to use for God’s work… we aren’t actually giving God the money. But, I wanted to make sure she knew that God LOVES lollipops especially when we give them to people in love!

Matthew 10:42 says “And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.” I tried to explain this to her in the car on the way home. I told her that God ALWAYS loves it when we give what we have to others. 

The following Wednesday night, I noticed one of the teen girls holding a lollipop after church. She smiled at me and said that Carly had given her her lollipop… and my mommy heart smiled.