I worked as a daycare teacher several years ago. That job taught me more about being a mother than any other I’ve ever had. I’d also babysat numerous children for most of my life.
If I wasn’t a mommy and author, I’d be a daycare teacher.
But do you know why I loved that job so much?
I got to spend every day being taught by kids from newborn to eleven-years-old about how God and Jesus Christ think.
I didn’t used to think I had many Christlike qualities. Christ always seemed like an ideal I couldn’t live up to. I loved my Savior, but I didn’t think I could ever be like Him.
Until I watched this episode of The Chosen, I didn’t see my potential in the Christlike quality I possessed.
I watched this and I saw myself. I say this reverently, of course, I’m not saying I’m Him or anything like that. I simply mean, through this scene, I saw that Heavenly Father has given me the gift to speak to children the way His Son, Jesus Christ, would.
This is one of my favorite videos that our church has put out.
I’ve always loved this video, but after the experience I had with watching The Chosen with Ryan, I see myself in how Jesus interacts with the kids. He plays with them, gets down onto their levels, and talks to them with a smile. I never realized that when I did those things with children, it was pleasing to my Father in Heaven because I was acting as Jesus would.
Thank you for reading!
~ Chandler R. Williamson
The Author Mommy 