Kids are just so literal. I have 2 great examples of this from the last couple of weeks.
Last Saturday before the boys tee ball game, Ron was loading the van and asked Nathaniel where his glove was. Nathaniel ran out of the garage to retrieve it (from beside the garden). When he returned Ron started lecturing him on keeping his things nice and how he shouldn't have left it outside all night, etc. Nathaniel interrupted and said, "Yeah, but Coach said 'you gotta get your glove dirty'"
What Coach meant was. Get your glove down in the dirt to stop the ground balls, but what he said was, "you gotta get your glove dirty"!
This past month I have been teaching Jr. Church and our verse for the month was, "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you" James 4:8. We reviewed the verse and then I asked if anybody could tell me how we Draw Near to God. One little 4 year old raised his hand and said, "with Crayons!".
Wow, that's a hard verse to explain to a 4 year old.
Kids are so literal, I have to constantly remind myself of that!
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Yeah, try teaching them the song, "B-I-B-L-E." The one line says, "...I stand alone on the Word of God, the B-I-B-L-E." Then wonder why your child insists on throwing their Bible on the floor and standing on it? Because that is what the Sunday School teacher taught them to do.
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