April 10, 2009
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From the land of "My Daughter is such a Girl"
We've been going through the Bible, starting from Genesis, a chapter after every meal and we're in 1 Samuel now.
So, we're cruising along reading through, and we read the chapter on David and Goliath.
Goliath, being a Philistine, is a bad guy. Course, if you've ever seen Davey & Goliath from the Lutheran clay animation series, you will know that Goliath is the name of Davey's faithful and doofy dog. My little Hannah named her favorite stuffed dog Goliath in his honor, well and good.
So, we read of Goliath and his wretched obnoxious defiance of the One True God and we read of how David kills him by slinging a stone which "sank" into Goliath's forehead. Next thing we know, Hannah is crying miserably.
Me: "What's the matter Hannah?"
Han: "Goliath was a bad guy?"
Me: "Yes honey. He was bad, and David killed him"
Han: "But he was a bad guy?" sniffling miserably here..
Me: confused "Yes hun, a bad guy...." light dawns ..."are you upset because you named your dog Goliath?"
Han: bursting into tears "Yeeeeees! I don't want him to be a bad guy!"
Me: trying not to laugh "Hannah, your Goliath is a good dog. It's okay. Your Goliath is good. That Goliath was bad, but yours is good. It's okay."Golly, girls are great What fun we have as we trundle through life.
Course all this brought back Elizabeth's answer at 6 years old as to why God flooded the earth.
"Because people were singing bad songs, and it annoyed God."When you here bad music and see a rainbow, Praise God for His promise not to flood us again...there's an awful lot of bad and annoying songs out there!
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Comments (1)
Enjoyed your Blog! I love to hear childrens comments on certain subjects. As to the knowledge and understanding , as they mature.
What gems of wisdom often is spoken by little ones. Their wisdom is so pure, It makes me wonder if God looks at our human conclusions . and is amused. If our thoughts are as pure as the childrens. It seems it enters their ears as eighter right or wrong. Can't help it ! I think it's precious.. Been wondering how you all were. It's been while.! l/u
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