Saturday, September 5, 2015

whattaya want first? the good news or the bad news?

Way back in April I asked our children separately, "What does the Bible mean to you?"  Each had a very different answer.  To my shame & sadness, Jadon answered, "[The Bible] tells you about the past so that you can change it."  A few days later when I asked Evangelina, she turned to Jadon with open hands before her (as if she had an open Bible in hand) and said, "I'm going to read the Bible to you-- 'Jesus loves you, even he prays for you, even he always loves you.  The end.'"  This really makes me wonder what it really is that we are teaching our kids about God (& how they may have different ways of hearing what we tell them)...  May God help us to communicate the true Good News of God's perfect gift to us undeserving sinners!