As we tucked Dennis into bed tonight, he amazed us with the voluntary recitation of the 5 bible verses he has learned (shortened variations of 1 John 4:10, Romans 3:23, Romans 5:8, Genesis 1:31, and Psalm 139:14) We talked about praying for things we are thankful for and he named the stars and the sun and moon and his teachers.
Earlier, we were looking through his book of bible stories, and he had a question about each page: "who is that? What is he doing? Why did those men put him in with the lions? Why is that man a giant? Why are those men trying to stop the children from seeing Jesus? What is Jesus doing to that man's eyes?". Each answer led to more questions. Jesus was putting mud on the eyes of a blind man, and Dennis said "that wasn't very nice--we don't put mud in people's eyes". I explained that no, we shouldn't, but that Jesus was fixing the man's eyes, and I quickly began reading him the story of the 10 commandments and answering the ensuing questions. Just as we turned off the lights, he said "I don't like to lie to God or Jesus". We hadn't talked about lying, but we agreed that he was correct: we should not lie to them or to anyone. This could have resulted in another half hour of teaching, but we just agreed with him and wished him goodnight. It's a daunting task to help develop a little person's entire moral character, and we are so glad, so blessed to have the help of the church and his love of the bible to guide us in the right direction!
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