Unity - He Got Something Out of It

Our great home teacher, Fran Dougherty, came by tonight. His message was on unity and he had a cool object lesson to keep the kids tuned in. He had Ben break a thread. Ben said it was easy. Then each member of our family got a thread. Ben helped Brian wind them up together. Then he tried to break them but couldn't. Fran tried to help Ben process what it meant in simple 4 year old terms. Our family was stronger when we were unified and worked together. It didn't look like a whole lot of the message got through, but he was at least entertained by breaking the thread. Before bedtime, Brian asked Ben to clean up the trains in the living room. He worked for a minute, then as Brian passed by, Ben said, "Dad, remember the strings?" He then whispered in Brian's ear, "work together!" Brian stopped what he was doing and helped Ben clean up, because, together we're strong and it makes things easier. Thanks, Fran.