Overheard while making dinner…
Tommy: Mommy, David did kill Goliath.
Mommy: Yes, he did!
T: Why did David kill Goliath?
M: Well, Goliath hated God’s people, didn’t he? He wanted to rule over them. So David had to fight him.
T: Why did he want God’s people to stay slaves?
M: Um…?
T: We are talking about Pharaoh now.
M: Oh, are we?
T: Yes, why did he not want to let God’s people go?
M: Um, because he was totally depraved? He didn’t want to obey God, did he?
(Derek enters the kitchen.)
M: Tommy, tell Daddy what we’re talking about.
T: We are talking about Goliath and Pharaoh.
M: And total depravity.
D: Tommy, do you know what total depravity is?
T: Yes. Daddy, why did Pharaoh not want to let God’s people go?
D: Because God hardened his heart.
(At bedtime, Mommy is reading from The Big Picture Story Bible.)
M:…So Adam and Eve had a choice. They could obey God and not eat from the tree, or they could choose to listen to the serpent and doubt God’s goodness. What would you have done?
T: (thinking) I would prob-ly disobey.
M: Yes, we probably would, just like Adam and Eve did. That makes Jesus sad. That’s why we need His help, because we can’t be good on our own.
T: Yes. (Derek enters the room.) Daddy, I have ‘Ightning McQueen pajamas on!
::laughing:: Incredible how he can manage such light and weighty thoughts at the same time!!
I LOVE this conversation! Haha!