Eight-year-old Melody was lamenting the fact that once Christmas was over, the local church wouldnāt be bringing food to her house until Easter. She asked, āWhat is Easter?ā
My daughter explained that itās the time of year we remember how Jesus died for our sins and rose again from the grave. Melody replied, āOh yeah. Now I remember. He did that last year too!ā
āLaura Bartleson
Years ago, on a hot, sticky Sunday afternoon, my wife and I made a visit to her parents, who resided in a nearby nursing home. I had changed into shorts (oh my!), but they were black (oh good!). We made an entrance into the homeās common room, which, as usual, was quite full. A certain Mrs. K accosted me and shouted, āAre you the dominee (minister)for today?ā Somewhat nonplussed, I suddenly realized she was looking for the visiting preacher for that Sunday. I shook my head with a smile. But she was not done with me. Looking at my attire, she wagged her finger and cried, āHave you no respect for Godās Word?ā
āStan De Jong
My father-in-law is a truck driver. One Monday morning he picked up my 4-year-old nephew, Brian, in his big Peterbilt for a day of trucking together.
āWhere are we going, Grandpa?ā Brian asked, as he settled into his seat.
āTo Lloydminster,ā came the reply.
āOh, Grandpa,ā Brian said with huge disappointment. āCanāt we go somewhere else? We spent the whole day at the Lordās minister yesterday!ā
āAlice Klopstra
While marking grade 9 Bible tests, I found this answer to the question āGive three different characteristics of Jezebelā:
āTrendsetter: made all of Israel worship Baal. Liar: lied about Naboth and said he was against the king and God just so she could kill him. Tasty: when she died the dogs couldnāt stop licking up her blood.ā
āDianne Van Rooyen
Anurse on the pediatric ward, before listening to the little onesā chests, would plug the stethoscope into their ears and let them listen to their own hearts. Their eyes would always light up with awe, but she never got a response equal to 4-year-old Davidās comment.
Gently she tucked the stethoscope into his ears and placed the disk over his heart. āListen,ā she said. āWhat do you suppose that is?ā
David drew his eyebrows together in a puzzled line and looked up as if lost in the mystery of the strange tap, tap, tapping deep in his chest. Then his face broke out in a wondrous grin, and he asked, āIs that Jesus knocking?ā
āJohn Vandermeer
We often have our grand-niece for weekends while her mother works. She calls us āGrandpa and Grandma.ā One evening when she was 4 or 5 we were leaving a restaurant and āGrandpaā stopped to talk to a business acquaintance. Makala and I continued walking to the car. After waiting several minutes I said, āI wonder whatās keeping Grandpa. He knows weāre locked out.ā
Makala immediately replied, āIāll go check. Grandma, you stay right here. Donāt be afraid. Jesus will take care of you. But watch out for cars!ā
āRotha Essenburg
My 2-year-old granddaughter likes me to read to her. One day I was reading Noahās ABCās. Here is how the story goes:
I say, āAā; she says, āis for
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I say, āBā; she says, āis for boa constrictor.ā
I say, āC,ā and so on through the book. There are some rather unusual animals, and she knows them all. But when we got to āR,ā there was no response.
Again I said, āRāāsilence. Then I whispered in her ear, āis for ravens.ā
She looked at me and said, āGrandma, those arenāt raisins. Theyāre BIRDS!ā
āCathy Ross
During our morning service our associate pastor announced that because of the Super Bowl, the young adult ministry would meet that day from 4:30 to 6:00, instead of their usual time of 6:30 to 8:30, to study the theme of āSetting Our PrioritiesāPutting God First.ā
āBill Vis
My niece attempted to feed her granddaughter before taking her to afternoon daycare. Everything she mentioned as a possible menu was rejected by the 4-year-old.
Finally, after hearing ānoā to everything in the kitchen, my niece said, āListen. Iām 41 years old, and Iām your grandmother. Iām the one who will tell you what to do.ā
Upon entering the daycare facility after a nice lunch, the little girl ran in shouting and pointing, āSheās my grandmother, and sheās 41 years old, and she will tell us what to do!ā
āConnon Barclay