Olivia is constantly keeping us on our toes with some thought provoking questions and concepts...
We have been working with Olivia on greater than, and less than numbers. She is really grasping this concept, but is confused about God. In her class at church they sing a song "God is #1". She is confused because 1 is less than all of the other numbers.
Olivia: "Mom, if God was number #10 I bet he would be big enough to lift up our whole house!"
Me: "Actually, #1 is the best, biggest number for God, it means he is the MOST important"
Olivia: Blank stare, followed by "But 10 is bigger than 1"
Me: Sigh.
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Olivia: "Jesus is in my heart!"
Me: "You are so right Olivia! He is helping you be such a good girl!"
Olivia: "Was Mary sad when the bad men wanted to kill Jesus?"
Me: "Yes, it was a very sad time, but it ended up good!"
Olivia: "Mom, it can't be good, they were hurting him!"
Me: sigh.
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Olivia: "How can God and Jesus be the same person?"
Me: sigh. "It is really hard to understand..." followed by a winded explanation.... I am sure she started to tune me out.
I hope I am not failing this part of motherhood. Thank goodness God promises to give us wisdom when we ask for it, sometimes I just need it FAST! :)
3 comments:
This is cute. I never thought of how the number thing could be so confusing. I feel at a loss to explain a lot of the things my kids have questions about too. Somehow we figured it out. I guess they will too. :)
When you are teaching, there are no failures! Love ya!
susie
cambel is starting to ask a lot of questions now too. and wow, explaining God is a lot harder than i thought it would be! but it sounds like you are doing a great job.
i really like the picture of olivia doing a handstand by the sink:)
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