We have a little Bible storybook that I often read out of to the boys during breakfast. In the section about Christ and His Resurrection, there is a page that shows the soldiers taking Jesus away. Buddy is quite obsessed with that picture. That is the only page that he ever wants me to read from. He gets quite angry at those "mean soldiers" and often tells me how he is going to fight them because of what they did to Jesus. I always use this as an opportunity to tell him the story of Peter. That Peter cut off a soldiers ear, and then Jesus healed the soldier because Jesus loves even the bad guys. Buddy is more interested in swords and fighting "mean soldiers" right now, but I know that I am planting a seed in his little heart.
One of his favorite "open-ended art" activity is to make collages. I have a big container where I save all kinds of scraps: paper, ribbon, fabric, yarn, various textures. I will usually lay out a big sheet of paper, give him a glue stick and leave him alone to create.
The other day, I walked in the playroom and saw this...
I asked Buddy what he made, and he told me that they were crosses like the one that Jesus died on.
And I see that little seed starting to sprout.
Always,
Amanda
