Cultivating Gratitude in the Hearts of Your Children

According to the dictionary, cultivate means to foster growth, improve care, or to further encourage.  Doesn’t this sound like something we should be doing as women? But, what should we be cultivating?

As a mom of young boys, there are several things that I wish to cultivate in their little hearts.  I want to cultivate a love for books, a love for food, a love for people, a love for travel and being outside, and a love for Jesus.  And, especially in November, I want to cultivate in them a deep gratitude.

So, what are some ways we can cultivate gratitude in the lives of our children?

In all of these things, we can build habits and tasks, but only God can change their hearts.  Ultimately, we need to pray that God would give them a heart full of gratitude and one pouring over in praise to Him.

“But thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!”

Originally published at warren.church.