Thursday, April 10, 2008
The Triune God
We talk to the kids a lot about how they should take time to listen for God's voice. We let them know that He will speak in their hearts to guide them, to comfort them, to tell them that He loves them. Well awhile back, Camden told us that one night in his bed when he was praying that he heard God say his name. Then a few days ago he said that God talked to him two more times. He said, "So now God has talked to me 3 times." Then he said, "I really don't know if it was God talking or Jesus - I just couldn't tell." That lead to an explanation from me that amounted to more sputtering on my part than anything else. Its hard to explain something to a five year old when you really don't have it figured out for yourself.
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I totally understand. Now this example is all together differnt, but Sidney asked me one time what a circumstance was. Try defining an abstract word with a concrete definition, it's not easy. I finally just had to give her an example, but I think she was over it by the time I figured out how to answer her. As far as the Trinity goes, my mom always explained to me using the Apple analogy. Are you familiar with it? You have the peeling, Meat, and Core.....all still an Apple. Might work, worth a shot anyway. Not sure it's wise to deduce the Creator of the Universe down to a piece Of fruit, yet it's easy for children to understand.
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