Did you see that You Tube video of that little girl saying Psalm 23? I did. And we started working on it the very next day. Turns out, little kids’ brains are able to hold on to a whole lot more than I gave ‘em credit for. I have no clue how it is that so many things seem to float aimlessly in and out of their heads, but with only an apparent smidge of effort, they can memorize all of Job.
That’s right. My kids memorized all of Job. Take that, Psalm 23 girl!
Okay. Not really.
Though, we did recently finish learning the Lord’s Prayer.
I must say that if you find yourself unable to pray properly, you should teach Matthew 6:9-13 to a child. I am certain I gained a lot more from re-memorizing that verse than my kids did.
And lest you think me overly pious, here is a fine example of what happened during a recent prayer spoken by Mackenzie, and “aided” by Ian.
Mackenzie: Dear God, thank you so, so, so much for today.
suddenly, her eyes open wide and she hisses at her brother
Mackenzie: Ian, if you don’t stop that, I am going to have to tell God.
Ian stops doing whatever he was doing and she continues
Mackenzie: Please help us today to be good and kind. Help us to listen to Mom and do all our schoolwork. Also, make Ian behave better than he is right now.
Ian’s had enough of this and breaks our hand holding circle to protest.
Ian: I am behaving, God. I am. Kenzie is the one who won’t stop squeezing my hand!
Mackenzie: Ian, you are supposed to squeeze hands. It’s how Dad does it.
God bless us, every one.
The Lord’s Prayer is a great one to start with. That is what my Dad had us memorize for night time prayers and Bella has known it since she was old enough to talk.
I think hearing the kids quote scripture has got to be one of the sweetest sounds.
That’s really neat about Bella.
Love it. I’m so proud of your kids for learning scripture. And I think the prayer story is funny. I’ll tell you the one about “do unto others” that I did as a kid sometime.