Sara and Titus 2

This semester we are trying to live out Titus 2 in a very intentional way at our house.  Sara is a college student who'll be hanging with us more and more.  She came to dinner on Tuesday night.

Reagan instantly loves everyone who comes to our house...as long as they don't try to take her away from Mama!  Sam, on the other hand, is wise in the way of babysitters and was certain Sara was coming to do just that.  He kept repeating over and over..."Mama, I no want Sara to come to my house."

But...on meeting Sara...he decided that she was pretty ok.  Anyone who will play with sidewalk chalk on the back porch is pretty high up on the list. 

So, last night was a no Sara night.  Just the family.  BUT...Samuel insisted that we set a plate for Sara.  Just in case she wants to come, he said. 

A cute moment, but I hope in a bigger way Sam will start learning about hospitality and loving others as we share our lives with Sara this year.

I love the biblical concept of mentoring.  The older and younger...always in a trio.  I have a hard time learning from those younger than I...part of that is my own stubborness, but part of it is by design.  Wisdom comes from experience and typically experience come from age.  I've only had one other experience mentoring a younger woman before and it was very different.  We always met away from my family.  With Sara, we are inviting her to come right on in.  She's hopefully going to share a lot of dinners with us spend a lot of time on out on the back porch sharing stories and struggles.