One aspect of the game is the ability to earn gold coins which you can use to buy new armor and weapons for your character. You can also use the coins to "buy" a real life reward.
We've used the coins as a way for kids to buy special things - a snack during homework, an outing to a restaurant, king for the day, sleepover on the couch bed, etc. I come up with creative ideas and assign them a coin value and the kids get excited to see rewards show up.
This past week was the school book fair. I added "book fair purchase" into the app store. I told the kids they could buy anything they wanted, they just needed to add a zero to the price. I told them we would go to the fair on Friday and they would have the week to look around and think about what they wanted to buy.
Friday came and the boys rushed into the book fair. They went straight for the cheap doodads - pens, erasers, stuff like that. I browsed the books and watched them shopping.
Eventually, Philip came up to me with tears. He wanted to buy a dogman book, but he didn't want to spend his coins. He had saved 1,000 coins. The book would have cost him 100, but it felt like too much. So he left with just a pen. I was there with him. I could have bought any book. I was proud of his thriftyness. But I also thought about my life. If I knew God was walking around with me with enough resources for anything in my heart, would I still choose a pen?
What would we choose if we leaned into God's abundance? What would we do with our time? Money? Heart?
I feel like sometimes I get stuck in small thinking. I don't even go for the books... thinking they are out of reach...I chose a nice pen and call it good enough.
If I could see God walking with me, I know I would live more generously. I would make different choices about how I spend my time and my money.
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