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Jesus Talk

Wow! I have so much posting to catch up on. We had a great vacation in Colorado, visiting family, a fun day exploring Capulin National Monument on our way home, and we've had a great, though tiring, week of VBS this week. Today I'm just writing a quick post because I wanted to remember some of the cute, funny ways that Maddy has been expressing her understanding about concepts I've been trying to teach her about Jesus and about prayer.

Lately we've been talking a lot with Maddy about how Jesus is the one who helps us be kind and unselfish to other people. People who don't have Jesus in their heart (like the "mean king" (pharaoh) or the witch in "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe") are selfish because they don't have Jesus to help them so they only think about what they want and not what other people want. Anyhow, we've had lots of talks about this idea on car rides, etc. Well, the other morning, Maddy wanted to listen to her Frog and Toad CD. Sometimes our CD player doesn't work great because it's old. While I was putting the CD in, Maddy said, "The CD player has a heart and it has Jesus in it so he can be nice and play the CDs." Her way of saying "this CD player better work today". That just cracked me up. Obviously there is a lot she doesn't understand about how everything works, but at least she is getting the idea that Jesus is the  one who helps us treat others the right way.

We've also been talking about why we pray. The two ideas we've been focusing on with Maddy are 1. God gave us everything so we need to thank him for what we have and 2. God wants to talk to you. One day this week, I was working with Maddy on her memory verses for VBS. As we were about to start, Maddy said, "I need to pray. God wants to talk to me." So of course I said okay. She bowed her head and mumbled something I couldn't understand. Then she looked up and said, "Jesus wanted to know that I wasn't going to pee my pants at VBS."

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bee said…
LOL!!!!! Why does this child crack me up so? She is so funny. Thanks Maddy for the laughs.
July 26, 2013 at 5:29 PM
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