I am always entertained by the conversations my kids have. Some are intriguing and make me wonder what's going on in their little minds, others make me realize how carefully I have to choose my words, and still others make me rethink some of the things I have always taken for granted or quit questioning years ago. Today my three youngest had the kind of conversation that made me wonder why I had never thought to ask those questions. It went something like this:
Lil K(5yrs) "What were Adam and Eve like when they were kids?"
C (8yrs) "They were never kids. God made them."
Lil K "Yeah I know God made everyone, but what were they like before they were big."
Lil B (3yrs) singing in the back ground "God made everyone, even the scary people"
C "They were always big, right mom?"
Me "Yes God made them as man and woman?"
Lil K "Yeah but what were they like when they were little?"
Me "They were never little honey, God made Adam as a grown man and then made Eve from Adam's rib."
Lil B still singing (to his own tune) "God made everyone, God made everyone," repeated again and again and again.....
C "So did Adam limp around for the rest of his life?"
Me "What??"
C "Well if he was missing a rib, don't you think he limped around after that?"
Me "I would think God healed him."
Lil K "So how many body parts could he live with out?"
Me *sigh*
Lil K "Let's talk about another bible story I have questions about."
C "Is Easter the day Jesus died?"
Me "No it's the ..." Lil K pipes up "The day he ROSE!"
Me "Yes that's right"
C "So he rose on April 8"
Me "No Easter is based on a different calender but it's always on a Sunday."
Lil B cries out from the back "No it's the day he died, the day he died, THE DAY HE DIED..."
Me "No honey it's not, it's..."
Lil K "Mom can't you drop it, he's only 3 years old. Now let's talk about Noah's ark. Did God tell Noah to build the ark on a Tuesday?"
Kind of makes you look at those biblical stories a little differently doesn't it?
