Thunder

It was raining cats and dogs. Once there was a very loud thunder sound. Steward was really shocked and jumped directly to hug me, while saying quickly : "Don't worry, Mummy, I will protect you. Don't be afraid."

Though his voice was trembling, he was trying to look brave :) How the boy is growing so much. Thank you Jesus.

(Steward - 4,5 years old)

On The Cross

A couple of weeks ago when we are approaching Easter, I taught Steward a lot about Jesus' sacrifice on the cross. How His sacrifice on the cross has saved us the sinners. And as always, he came up with questions.

Steward : "Mummy, do you think that we can be on the cross, instead of Jesus?"
Me         : "Why do you ask this question?"
Steward : "Poor Jesus. Can we be on the cross instead of Him?"
Me         : "Jesus has to be on the cross to save us. We are sinners."
Steward : "I want to save Jesus. Can I?"
Me         : "No, you cannot. Jesus can save us because He is our God."
Steward : "Yeah, but I can try to be God also and save Jesus. He did not need to be on the cross."
Me         : "If you tried to be God, then you can end up like Adam and Eve who tried to do so also."
Steward : (silent for a while, thinking) "Hmmm...I don't want to be like Adam and Eve. Ok, then
                 Jesus can save me then."

I know that this is not the most biblical or evangelical or even true explanation. But I frequently find myself in a difficult position explaining Steward's questions about bible truth. I have to admit that it is quite difficult to simplify the explanation to a little child. But God's grace is always abundant upon us and our children. As long as we tried to humbly explaining and evangelizing to our children, I believe that God's grace will be abundant upon their lives. It's my prayer. Hear me o Lord. :)

(Steward - 4,5 years old)

Patient Pony

 

We are teaching Steward about good characters by pairing the words with animals' names. Each of the first letter of the character has to be the same with the first letter of the animal. For examples : Patient Pony, Obedient Otter, Polite Panda, Diligent Donkey, Brave Bear, and so on.

We are in the "Polite Panda" phase and we have 'passed' the Patient Pony and Obedient Otter. One day, he was having his lunch and it seemed like it took him forever to finish the meal. 

Me         : "Steward, please finish the food fast! We need to go."

Steward : (looking at me with an eyebrow up) "Patient Pony, Mummy. Remember....you have to be 

                 patient!"

Me         : (phew!)

I wanted to scold him but in the same time also wanted to laugh. But somehow this is something that we have to be thankful because it means that whatever that we have taught him about the characters stay in his mind :)

(Steward - 4,5 years old)