Archive for August, 2009

Would Your Child Say This?

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Today we launched our 82 second video called, “Would Your Kid Say This?”  It is one of the most tender-hearted projects I have ever worked on, and I have been especially blessed by seeing how this little video has already touched so many lives.

 

Two years ago, when we first started the whole Thumbuddy idea, we talked about making a difference in the lives of children everywhere.  We also asked ourselves the question, “What if we only made a positive impact in the life of one child?”  

After spending thousands of hours and a lot of money to get Thumbuddy going, the answer to that question becomes more and more apparent:  If we make a positive impact on just one child – your child or mine – it is worth every ounce of effort. 

I don’t think there is any reward, amount of money, or anything more valuable than blessing a child with the love of God – shown and taught through the love of a parent.  I know that loving, growing and bonding with my own children has taught me more about the love of the Father than any book, school or religion could ever even attempt.

So I hope that you truly enjoy our video and share it with your friends!  But above all, I hope you’ll take a precious and special moment to tell your children you love them.

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Tell Someone You Love Them

Friday, August 14th, 2009

I’m so excited about launching our video of little children on August 25th.  These sweet and tiny voices will touch your heart as they talk directly to you – and remind you that we all need to be loved.   (I wish I could show you the video right now!)

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Family time is so precious!

We’ve had a small audience preview our 84 second video, and it touches me with the large number of people who have become teary eyed and even openly cried.  And then I want to cry with them, even though I’ve seen the video a hundred times.

In just 84 short seconds, so many adults are reminded of their own desperate need to give love to their own children, and their own desperate need to receive love from someone else.  

To give and receive love.  This is really what it is all about. 

The Bible says, “God is love.”  It also says, we were created in God’s image.  Isn’t our creator amazing that he made us so that we have such a capacity to love!  

Let’s stop reading this message right now.  Pick up the phone, and call someone you love and say, “I love you!”   This is what we all need to hear.

Mark Arens

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What Children Desperately Need

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
On August 25th we are going to launch a precious and powerful video of little children speaking the truth about what they so desperately need.  And mostly they need love.  The amazing thing about this video is the undeniable truth that we all need love whether we are age 4 or 44 or 84. 

These little children speak in soft, gentle and tiny voices, and as we watch this video it draws us in with all the innocence of a child.

When I am honest with myself, I desperately want and need all of these things that these little children say.  I am just like them.  I need to be told I’m special.   I need to be held – even though I am 50 years old.  I need these just as bad as I need to breathe air.

Michael and Mark Arens enjoy a wonderful moment!

Michael and Mark Arens enjoy a wonderful moment!

I think that all of us are really just like these little children.  We were all born to be loved and to give love.  I know you will be deeply moved when you see this video.  And I hope it will inspire you to drop everything, and call the people that you love and say, “I love you” with all your heart.

This is what we all need to hear.

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