We have all experienced being assigned projects in school. But it is not only us who have been given a task to fulfill. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was also commissioned with a project: to love us and bring us closer to God. In the first session of the IKV, the participants were treated to an interactive talk show entitled “Knowledge for Children”. Hosts Ate Sarah, Kuya Josh, and Kuya Dane, introduced stories in the form of cartoons to let the participants know more about Jesus Christ and the goodness that He is sharing with us, especially in the most important areas of our life – our family, our friends, and our Kids for Christ community. In all of these things, one thing is made clear to everyone and that is how Jesus came into the world to be with us. He wants to be near us. As His beloved, He wants to know us because true friends know and love each other. We consider Him as our example for how to be good at loving other people.
Right before the end of the session, Team Serra, the “guest” family on the show, gave 3 simple steps for the kids to follow so they could fulfill their project to love. First is to simply kiss and hug their parents every day. Next is to pray with them every day. And lastly, to always tell their parents “I love you”. To reciprocate this love, parents were also given 3 pointers: To go out often on family adventures which need not be expensive. They can even do it daily, as long as they give emphasis on quality time. Second is to treat their home as their first household, their kids being their first household members and they as their kids’ first household leaders. They must also not forget about the tradition of having a daily prayer time as one family. As a challenge, an important lesson was imparted by the hosts and that is for us to also accomplish our project to love. Because Jesus loves us, we must take on His project too, and we can begin by discovering more ways to love.