I would assume that most parents of preschoolers can relate in that a holiday lasts long after the holiday is over. Anyone have a child play trick or treat all the way to Thanksgiving? Or a child still singing jingle bells on Valentine's? Well, of course that means that Easter is daily brought up at our house right now. Although most holidays I am ready for it all to be over, Easter is different. I would love it if the holiday stayed fresh all year long! Not the Easter Bunny or candy or all the other stuff that makes Easter appealing to the masses but the true meaning of Easter. Turner is really obsessed with the week Jesus died. I love this. In fact my Brother in Law gave us a book about the last week of Christ's life with a lot of amazing art and what happened each day. Turner will sit and look at the book, page after page after page for a long time! I would say hours but that would be a lie... but for a good 20 minutes or so and if you know this boy, that is a long time!
Turner was asking when Christ was killed and I said "on Good Friday." He looked at me and said asked "GOOD Friday?" I tried to explain to him that it is good because he suffered for our sins and died that we could live again. If he didn't do that then we wouldn't be able to live with our Father in Heaven again. Turner then looked at me and said, "No I think it was mean Friday." If you ask him when Jesus died, he will probably reply bad or mean Friday. I love this kid! I hope though that I can somehow, in his lifetime teach him that it really was a glorious Friday!
2 comments:
I totally agree with him. It was Sunday that was Good.
That is such a sweet message. I love it. I cannot beleive you have such big kids and four of them! It's crazy to me! I hope things are better with your eye and that you're doing well.
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