Let the Children Come

Memory Monday  

Afternoon at Forsyth Park

Me: Want to learn some Bible words?

Five year old: OK.

Me: In the beginning ...

Five year old: In the beginning ...

Me: In the beginning God created ...

Five year old: In the beginning God created ...

Me: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Five year old: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Woman rolling by in a wheelchair: Amen!

Me: Very good! When we get home, I'll show you these words in the Bible.

Five year old: OK.

That evening

Me: Do you remember the Bible words you learned today?

Five year old: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Me: Very good! Want to see the words in my Bible?

Five year old: OK.

Me: Here they are, right at the beginning.

Five year old: Let me see.

Five year old, suddenly recognizing the words: In ... the ... begin-ning ... God ... creat-ed ... the ... heavens ... andtheearth!

Me: Very good!

My grandson owns several children's Bible storybooks (including Rumble! Zap! Pow!, which I dedicated to him). He has listened to Bible stories since he was very young, and now he likes to read them himself from his Picture That! Bible Storybook by Tracy Harrast. And I've written and edited Bible curriculum, Bible stories, and Bible storybooks.

But helping my grandson memorize Genesis 1:1 and pointing out the words to him in an actual Bible was a thrill. Let the children come!

Later in the week, we learned Psalm 106:1. "O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good."

Now I'm back home and thinking of ways this grandma and grandson can keep mind and heart taking in God's Word together, meeting the Master, even from a distance.