Obey His Rules
This morning, the wee ones and I were making pancakes (yes, from scratch and yes my own recipe) when the following conversation occurred.
Mister Man: Do you know who's a jolly happy soul?
Me: Yep, Santa.
Mister Man: No, it's Frosty the Snowman actually.
Me: Oh. Yeah, you're right. It is Frosty.
Mister Man: Do you know who else is a jolly happy soul?
Me: Ummm, no. Who else?
Mister Man: God.
Me: Really?
Mister Man: Yep, but only when you follow His rules.
That's not quite the answer I was expecting, and I was afraid to ask what happened if you didn't follow His rules. Mister Man does have a good point, although I'd never really thought of God as being a jolly happy soul. Gotta love what Sunday School does for the umm soul.
8 comments:
Somebody needs to straighten that boy out. What is he doing letting God get mixed up in Christmas? ;-)
Jeff: ROFL!
This was so cute. I'm glad you blogged it; it's one of those little moments that mostly gets forgotten later...now it won't!
Jeff - Perfect! Especially considering that we're public school kids and my husband TEACHES in the public schools.
Melisa - Yeah, these are the ones that I'd totally forget if I didn't, and how funny! I told my dad the story when we were at my parents' house today and he about choked on the nuts he was eating.
Perhaps smiting is about to make a revival?
J Cosmo Newbery - I'm beginning to wonder... you know, the innocent always know these things first. That or I need to talk to the Sunday School teacher about what's being discussed.
I would have answered Santa, too. We made homemade pancakes this morning, too, but no talk of jolly souls.
What a great story! I've taught Sunday School for 2 and 3 year olds with my husband so it's good to know some of it sinks in between the need to color and the requests for Animal Crackers!
krissy - Good to know I'm not the only one getting my Christmas carols confused! Amazing though how well it sticks with the wee ones....
Aly - Yes, it definitely sinks in. The wee ones come from every Sunday telling us about what they learned -- Moses parting the Red Sea or the story of creation or whatnot. It's sinking in! And hats off to you for teaching!
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