as we were all sitting in the living room i was telling b that we needed to pray for the people that are about to be affected by hurricane gustav. i was telling her that hurricanes are nasty storms that can hurt people and knock over houses and stuff and that we should pray that God would protect all of those people and keep them safe. Chris chimed in with how big God is and how He's the only one who can save those people. and then b added, "yeah, cuz God is shiny!!" chris and i were a bit confused and hoped she would then explain what she meant, which she did. this is as close as i remember to what she said...
"yeah, at mimi's house, there were three guys in a fireplace in a circle and they couldn't get out. and God was in there and He was shiny! and then there was a guy who looked in and he saw three guys that weren't shiny and then another guy, that was God, and He was shiny!!
so then i asked her what happened next (cuz in her story, God being shiny was the point) and she said that God got them out of the fire, He saved them (which was the point of our story!)
she was obviously remembering the story of shadrack, meshack, and obendigo (i'm sure i butchered the spelling of those names!) as told by larry and bob of veggie tales. we are so blessed to have a family that surrounds our children with bible stories and the love of our Amazing God!
we love having conversations like this!!
