A little funny...

This past week Teddy's Bible verse was John 15:5. "I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing."

Well, he kept saying, "That isn't nice to say". (referring to the last part, "for without me ye can do nothing.") So I of course spent some time trying to explain the verse. I was pretty excited because we have been learning about trees in Science, and I thought, "what a great way to bring what we have been talking about in science into our Bible class!"

So I spent some time reminding him about what we had been learning about trees, and how if you had an apple tree and cut a branch off of it, that branch wouldn't be able to grow new leaves or apples, because it wasn't attached to the trunk. Then I told him that is what the verse is saying. It is saying that Jesus is like the trunk of the tree and we are like the branches.... Anyway you get the idea, I'm sure!

After spending some time explaining and talking about it, and asking questions to make sure he was understanding, we finished up Bible and started getting ready for Math. About that time Teddy says, "I'm just not believing any of it!" I said, "what are you not believing?" He replies, "I'm just not believing that, that man could have leaves and apples growing out of him!"

So much for my "great explanation!" :-p
Joy

A little funny...

Last Sunday would have been my Grandpa's birthday. My mom and I were talking about it and Teddy started asking us about it. Wanting to know if we were going to make a cake, etc. My Mom mentioned that "Pa" was in heaven with Jesus now and he would be celebrating there, so we didn't need to make a cake or have a party.

Teddy thought about that for a minute and then he said, "Did he die because he got old and sick or did he get run over by a car?"

Teddy's only experience with death has been our two dogs that died. First our German Shepherd, got sick and he was old so he died. Then our little dog got out and was run over... so I guess he figures that you either die of "old age" or you get "run over"!

Have a great week!
Joy