Deep Thoughts by Ty

So The Kid blew me away today with his deepness and ability to understand stuff that seems beyond his age.

He brought home a picture of a lamb from preschool. I asked him about it, and he said with all the wonder of a 4 year old.."Did you know that we are lambs of GOD?"

Wow. "I did know that ..what does that mean?"

"That God is a shepherd, and we are his sheep."

"Uh, huh. And what does that mean?"

"That he takes care of us, just like the shepherd takes care of sheep."

He brought it up several more times today, including when Canon was looking at his picture on the fridge. He said, "Canon, did you know that we are lambs of God?"

I am amazed that he really seems to make that connection.

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We talked more about God today when he brought Him up related to a dream he had last night. It was something about clouds and that the clouds were making noises. I wasnt sure about all of it but it was clear that he was scared and it had made an impression on him.

I explained how dreams were just stuff that we saw during the day and that your brain keeps thinking about it even while you are sleeping, and that its like a movie with all the stuff squished together (I was trying to use this moment to teach about why we are careful about what we watch on TV).

His theory, though was a bit different. He says that it is God who gives us our dreams (leave it to my child to take me back to God lessons). He started to say that God "got the wrong one" for him, then he changed it to "gave me the wrong one on accident".

"Maybe He didnt know it was scary."

Going with this theory, I mentioned that he could pray that God would only give him good dreams. "Well, that may not work" he says.

We returned to the idea of God as a shepherd, and talked about how God holds the sheep when they are scared. We talked about how God would hold him like a sheep if he had bad dreams tonight.

Whew. I am amazed that this concepts are within his grasp. It makes this teaching role seem really important ..yikes :)

One more thing, so that I dont forget ...I closed the door after getting them settled and I heard Ty tell Canon goodnight, and Canon said "night." Ty said, "love you" and Canon said, "love ya."

I love these sweet days! :)