My Compassionate Boy

This week is parent and teacher conference at the boys' school.  Teachers tell parents how their child(ren) is doing.  The boys both doing well academically by the school's standard.  When I met with J's teacher, she started with praising him about how compassionate he is for 5 mins of the 15 mins meeting.  She told me that he has a soften heart for a kid in class that has a learning disability.  When the boy has his episode in class, J would help calm him down by making him laugh.  At home, J would often tell me about that friend and how he made him laugh.  The teacher also told me that he would silently help the boy and show him how to act and do what he is suppose to.  She also said that she sees kids help other kids, but most of the time at their own convenient or if they know they will get rewarded.  But she felt that J genuinely care about the boy.  She sits them together because he is just so good for him.  She said that he is the most compassionate boy she'd ever meet.  She can't wait to see what he will become in the future.

WOW!!!!! I have to write this down so I will remember these compliments forever.  I am so proud of J.  I told him that being compassionate far outweigh any good grades he can get.  I do see that J has that quality.  He would often ask to pray for homeless that we pass by on the street and ask me to buy or give them something.  I am so thankful that God gave him that tender heart.  I pray that the Lord would show me how to nurture it and help it grow into something magnificent and useful to God.