Teaching my son

Last night I started reading to Jae out of the Message Bible. We started in Genesis. That’s a good place to start. Here’s what I consider the greatest stretching opportunity for me this year…How do I communicate the truth of God’s word to a seven year old? As we read and he asked questions I realized that the explanations I give adults for things won’t work for him. So… that got me thinking, maybe the explanations I give adults for things needs to be simpler: after all, we are to receive things of the kingdom like a child. We read Genesis 1-3 and I made a feeble attempt at explaining sin and separation from God. I plan to prepare better for my time with my son. He is the greatest discipleship opportunity and challenge that I have.

Here’s an example of how profound a child’s thinking is…how unbelievably profound. His mom is telling him the story of Gideon and how Gideon’s army was trimmed from thousands down to 300. She explained to him that God was on their side. His response was “so, really it was 301”. Now that is big time thinking from a seven year old. I’m so looking to see how I learn from Jae as Jae learns about God. Going to be fun.