[Vanessa made the above icon for a one of her school accounts. I stole and like. :-)]
A couple of weeks ago, after Vanessa took the initiative to read in her Bible, I asked her if there were parts she found hard to understand. I remember some of it being gibberish when I was younger. And let's be honest, some of it I still start to daydream in the middle of reading. It wasn't until I was older and with the help of very wise and Godly people that I was able to see the whole story of Jesus woven throughout, His geneology and the demonstrations of God's divine intervention in each Sunday School story. It has also become a time that I love to research the stories and figure out how we've distorted them to soften or dummy them down in Sunday School.
Anyway, back on subject. Vanessa explained to me that she actually understands a lot of It. I was surprised to hear that. Makes me think we're spending a good amount of time in It to make sense of and apply It to our lives. She replied that some books are harder than others though, like "Lemontations" and "Revolutions." Love her.
Zane is funny too. He's very serious about taking HIS Bible to church. The other day I was studying a devotion using my study Bible. He wanted to know why it was so big and heavy. He also found the appendices to be rich with resources. He especially liked the maps in the back. (I remember being intrigued by the maps at the back of my grandparents' coffee table Bible when I was his age.)
Anyway, he placed the Bible on his lap and flipped back to a specific map and then looked at me and asked "Mom, could you show me where Florida is on this map? I can't find the "F". :-) I chuckled and explained to him, "Buddy, these maps show the Bible lands, which are across a lot of ocean water." He then pointed off to the right from the land mass and said, "Oh, across these oceans somewhere."
