Confusing the Biblical Narrative
We're doing the best that we can to teach Joshua about God and what God
tell us in the Bible but Joshua sometimes gets the details a bit turned
around. He is only two and a half so we don't expect him to get it all
right but sometimes his understanding of things are a bit comical. Last
year we were given a Christmas tree ornament of Noah's Ark (Thank you Lord's Grace Christian Church!).
It is a really fun ornament, three-dimensional with animals and Noah
and company sticking out of it. We've read the story of Noah to Joshua
from some children's story books and talked about it with him verbally.
Unlike many kids books, we try to be faithful to the Biblical narrative
and tell Joshua that God flooded the world in order to kill all the bad
people who hated God and didn't want God's forgiveness. One morning
recently, I came into the living room and saw Joshua playing with the
Noah's Ark ornament on the tree, making it bob up and down and back and
forth as if it is sailing in the ocean. I wanted to know what was going
on that little head of his, so I ask him, "Joshua, where is Noah's ark
going?" Without missing a beat or turning around to look at me, Joshua
replies confidently, "kill the bad people." Oh really? Noah and the
animals are on a mission to kill the bad people, are they? A bit of
confusion about who is doing what and why in the story of Noah but
we'll keep working on it.
In another episode of Biblical confusion, Joshua decided to add Puff the Magic Dragon to our nativity scene. There were already some sheep and camels on the scene so I suppose a dragon seemed appropriate. In due time, we will address not adding to or deleting from the Biblical account but for now, we're just glad that he is participating with us as we try to remember Christ's birth. And we are enjoying the fact that Joshua is an active little boy with an active imagination.
In another episode of Biblical confusion, Joshua decided to add Puff the Magic Dragon to our nativity scene. There were already some sheep and camels on the scene so I suppose a dragon seemed appropriate. In due time, we will address not adding to or deleting from the Biblical account but for now, we're just glad that he is participating with us as we try to remember Christ's birth. And we are enjoying the fact that Joshua is an active little boy with an active imagination.
