Buckets of Love
by Eddie Rivas
Guys, so this is Valentine’s, today’s Valentine’s, and so you guys are probably gonna do something special, show each other some love. This story is about mom and her son, okay? So we’re gonna be talking about Buckets of Love and like how well you feel based on your buckets. So we all have buckets, right? And when it’s full, that means you feel really loved by others. And so you’re happy and you have a good time. And when it’s empty, that means you don’t feel very loved and you probably don’t wanna do much and stuff.
So here’s a bucket for the child, let’s call him Jim. And this one is for the mom. Okay, so every time the mom does something nice to their son, the block goes inside, okay? And then every time the son does something, Jim does something good for the mom, something loving, we fill this, okay? So when it gets full, mom, mom will be very happy, okay? So let’s pretend that You hear this going down. So mom’s having a hard time cooking, right? Oh, this is really difficult. My hands hurt or whatever. And then she’s like, hey son, can you please help me chop these? He’s like, sure mom. And then he starts chopping them. And then he chops one. Oh yeah, very cool. And another one, all right. So the vegetables are ready. I think this is the vegetable. And then so she goes and cooks and then. because the son did that, her bucket starts getting full, her love bucket. So she’s kind of happy, right? And then, so she leaves, right? No, she’s a little happy now, right?
So, and then here’s the son, he’s trying to play on his own, right? He’s playing, and it’s not turning on. What do I do? I don’t know, I don’t know what to do. So he goes to mom, he goes, hey mom, can you help me with the toy? And she’s like, sure son. And so she hops on, she turns it on. Hey, oh wow, it turns on now. I’m good. So, yay, it’s on, thank you so much. And so, let me turn this off. So, mom puts another block in his bucket of love, whatever, you know, so, so now, I’m gonna kind of, you know, I’m getting better, oh, I have to take this off. So he’s not too happy yet, right? And so mom does something else that’s nice. You know, so let’s move this out of the way, put it in the foreground.
Okay, this. Mom does something like, oh, I love you, so I’m wrong. And then now there’s more blocks in his bucket of love. So now he’s feeling a little better, right? So now he has this tongue, it’s kind of sideways, right? And then he says, oh, hi, mom, you look so beautiful today. I love you, right? And then now she’s not getting a little. Oh lost the hair. Sorry, guys. So there she is. She’s happy. She’s a little happy, right? So I have to make it not as happy. So it’s kind of sideways. And then he did something else, right? So he, I don’t know, he says, Hi, mom, I miss you today. So something else that moms like to hear. So that’s two more pens in her love bucket. Look at that. She’s getting really happy. Yeah. And then mom might say, Hey, I cooked you your favorite food. Enchiladas. Woohoo! I love enchiladas. And so now there’s more. Oh, in the bucket, look at that. Man, he’s like super happy. Getting really happy, look at that, kind of. And I don’t know, he comes home and she’s bringing the groceries down. And he’s like, I can help you bring the groceries, mom. And so they go to the car and they bring some groceries and she’s like, thank you, thank you. So now, you know, he’s putting more little love. tokens in her bucket. And then they just keep doing stuff that’s nice to each other, right? And then all of a sudden, boom. And then boom. Look at that. They’re like, so like now she’s super happy. And then he’s super happy. And guess what?
That’s God’s commandment. God is asking us to be nice to each other. Right? And so we do something mean to each other. We actually take. good things out of our bucket. And then we may be sad because we don’t have anything, but the good thing that these are really full.
Yeah, so, one of the story is, do good things for each other. So you guys can fill each other’s buckets and help each other do what God wants us to do and really accomplish God’s mission and Jesus’ mission here on earth that we love each other. And sometimes we’re mean to each other, right? And sometimes we do it on purpose. Sometimes it’s accidental, but you still wanna be nice to each other. Try to find ways to be nice to each other. In order to not be so angry, maybe pray, or maybe you wanna go to a room and just be by yourself so you can feel a little more calm and then be ready to love your mom or your siblings or your sister or your brother or your dad and do nice things for them. If you don’t know what they like, just ask them. Say, hey, mom. I want to do nice things for you. I don’t know what I can do at my age. You know, I’m only five years old. Or you can talk to dad and say, hey, dad, I don’t know what to do. Can you tell me how I can show you that I care about you? Cause I want to make you, you know, I want to make you happy and you know, your day list is difficult or whatever.
But yeah, so I hope you, this helped you little guys and girls, little girls learn something about how to really show people God’s love to each other. So let’s go ahead and pray.
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this Sabbath. Father, thank you for allowing us to give each other love and giving us the life, more life to show each other that we care and appreciate each other so we can continue to increase and show the reflection of your love onto others, Father. Thank you so much. I pray all these things in Jesus’ name, Amen.
Take care, guys.