October 22, 2008

• Second Post for Wednesday

  I don’t believe I’ve shared this story on my blog.  If I have shared it, please just smile kindly and talk about me behind my back!!!!!

  About a week ago, in home school, we were studying The Lord’s Prayer.  I read it and told the girls they should know it as they may NEED to repeat it in a church service and it was Jesus’ example to us of *how* to pray.

  I read the whole thing through and then took it line by line, explaining what each verse meant.

  I got to the part, “Give us this day our daily bread” and I stopped.  I asked them, “Do you think he meant real bread?”

  All three girls nodded “yes” in agreement.

  I went on slowly and carefully explaining what it really meant was “give us what we *need* each day to get through the day.  Certainly we need food and shelter, but we also need wisdom, healing, faith, comfort, etc.”

  So I asked again, “Does ‘Give us this day our daily bread’ mean just bread?”

  Annamarie very slowly said, “Well, yes.”

  I asked why and she said (just as slowly), “Well , , , we need 3 slices of bread each day.”

  Curiosity got the better of me and so I pressed on.  I asked, “Why do you say that?”

  Annamarie said,  “I need one slice of bread for toast in the morning and 2 slices of bread to make a sandwich at lunch.”

  Feeling like I had totally missed it with my explanation, I agreed.  Yes, we do need to eat during the day.

  Then I asked, “Can anyone else tell me what we might need to get us through a day?”

  Rissy’s hand shot up in a flash.  I was sure she had grasped the concept and called on her.

  Full of confidence and excitement she replied, “We also need peanut butter and jelly or bologna to put on our lunch bread.”

  All was lost.  I rolled my eyes (to myself), grinned at both girls and enthusiastically said, “Good answers!” and then quickly moved on to “Forgive us our debts . . . “

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