Out of the Mouths of Babes
This is not a joke. When my son showed it to me this evening, I was blown away. You may recall that Judah turned 4 earlier this month. Four. That makes him three weeks older than three. A few months back Judah got obsessed with spelling words. He wanted to know how to spell just about everything he could think of. Of course he couldn't do much with the spellings, he was just fascinated by letters and how they fit together to form words. Soon after he discovered the power of written communication. He dictated two letters for me to send to his cousins in Massachusetts and has made this an occasional demand of his parents ever since then. Today he decided he wanted to write a letter to grandpa. So he asked mom to help him, and he began to tell her what to write. The following is a verbatim transcript of what he said. Diana swears she didn't prompt this, and I have no reason to doubt her. Especially enjoy the four-year-old prose.
"Jesus was put on the cross. Jesus rose from the dead. Jesus stopped the storm on the ship. Jesus' body was gone from the tomb. Jesus blessed the little boy's food. "Jesus loves us. Jesus takes care of us. He wants us to love each other. "He wants us to pray every day. We go to church and praise God. He wants us to tell others about him. "God made everything. Mary had a son that the angel told to name him Jesus. Jesus is God. How could Jesus be God? "Jesus made Judah and other people too. "Jesus gave us food and restaurants."Could it be any clearer? Thank God for restaurants. Judah wanted to sign off this message. Here goes: mjiop0-=ty6576890-=;mnbhgju
posted by Jeremy Del Rio @ 1/20/2005 08:01:00 PM
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Our son, a couple months into 3, has started offering to pray at our meals. It definitely comes from the heart of a 3 year old, but isn't that what Christ asked for?
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