The grandchildren were unable to come over Friday night and Saturday, so we opted for Sunday afternoon instead. I picked them up right after church. We had five hours together, which is a whole lot less than the usual 24 hours, but we were thankful and happy to be together no matter what.
We ate tacos and salad and brownies and two kinds of ice cream sundaes (!). We enjoyed a very interesting story about the call of Abram from Genesis 12, 13 and 14. We learned so much this week about FAITH and the struggles of that journey for Abram … and for us!
We got our LEGO guys involved in the war between the nine kings and acted out how Abram rescued his nephew Lot … and we even met King Melchizadek and talked about giving one tenth of everything we have to God because of our thankfulness to Him for his deliverance and provision.
The kiddos colored beautiful pictures while the story was being told. They always do a beautiful job. We are eventually going to make each of them a book, putting all of their pictures together sequentially … kind of their very own picture Bible. Below is Matthew showing me his beautiful picture of when Abram built an altar to God and "called upon the Name of the LORD" (His Name that is high and lifted up, and the Name above every other name!).
We memorized another 10-word verse this week: "NEVER will I leave you; NEVER will I forsake you" (Hebrews 13:6) and talked about that word NEVER, as well as LEAVE and FORSAKE. Emma struggled with the difference between "leave" and "forsake." We discovered that "leave" had more to do with letting GO of someone, and "forsake" means more to abandon someone or to leave them in a helpless situation. But God NEVER does that!
Emma likes to decorate my little white board for the coming holidays. Since Easter is the next "holiday" she has done a very nice job illustrating Easter. I will not erase this beautiful picture until after we have celebrated the whole season through.
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