Friday, September 5, 2008

Teachable Moments - A Merciful God

I found a link for a free subscription to a kids Lego magazine. Nathan loves it! Each issue comes with a small comic book. I dutifully read it to him even though I think the Bionicle comics are pretty stupid.

Yesterday, a part of the comic was talking about how one of the Bionicles was offering mercy to another Bionicle that he had captured. I asked Nathan if he knew what mercy was. He said no. So, I told him that mercy was not giving somebody something that they deserve. I wasn't intending to take it any further than that, but Nathan said, "Oh...like God. He's merciful. He gives us things that we don't deserve." Talk about a teachable moment...

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