Mia often talks to herself and I find that when I listen in, I am sometimes given the opportunity to witness some pretty amazing conversations between herself and the Lord.
This afternoon, she has been talking to herself about what Jesus looks like. When I asked what she was saying, she told me she thought His hair would be longer than it is cause of the way she has seen him drawn in her books. Mia has a thing for hair. Her best friend Logan (who she insists she will someday marry) one time told her after getting a hair cut that he liked it better long. Around the same time, she began to memorize the songs from the Disney movie "Tangled" and since then will not allow anyone close to her hair with a pair of scissors. She wants it long like Rapunzel and will not be happy until it touches the ground.
She continued, "But He doesn't look like a girl in real life. And His hair isn't really that long." I asked her how she knows so much about Jesus' hair and when the last time she saw Him was. Listen to this - She told me that He likes to come when there are lots of kids all together in one place.
I like that.
She said the last time she saw Jesus was when Karla was teaching the kids at our house church. Hmmm...I wonder if Karla knows that while she was no doubt struggling to deal with the behavioral issues that surface when 20+ kids under the age of 8 are crammed into a livingroom/dining room...that Jesus himself was sitting in on the lesson and showing my daughter the difference between how He really looks vs how the children's bible depicts Him.
It's an interesting thought to ponder...
I wonder how often the filter of how others have depicted Him to us conflicts with His true image? I wonder how different He looks in person from the way we perceive Him to be? Is He kinder? More gentle? Is he patient and caring? Does he seem to understand us or is he sorta distant and stoic? Is He happy or sad or angry?
Perhaps we should consider whether or not what we see when we look at Him lines up with who He actually is.
This afternoon, she has been talking to herself about what Jesus looks like. When I asked what she was saying, she told me she thought His hair would be longer than it is cause of the way she has seen him drawn in her books. Mia has a thing for hair. Her best friend Logan (who she insists she will someday marry) one time told her after getting a hair cut that he liked it better long. Around the same time, she began to memorize the songs from the Disney movie "Tangled" and since then will not allow anyone close to her hair with a pair of scissors. She wants it long like Rapunzel and will not be happy until it touches the ground.
She continued, "But He doesn't look like a girl in real life. And His hair isn't really that long." I asked her how she knows so much about Jesus' hair and when the last time she saw Him was. Listen to this - She told me that He likes to come when there are lots of kids all together in one place.
I like that.
She said the last time she saw Jesus was when Karla was teaching the kids at our house church. Hmmm...I wonder if Karla knows that while she was no doubt struggling to deal with the behavioral issues that surface when 20+ kids under the age of 8 are crammed into a livingroom/dining room...that Jesus himself was sitting in on the lesson and showing my daughter the difference between how He really looks vs how the children's bible depicts Him.
It's an interesting thought to ponder...
I wonder how often the filter of how others have depicted Him to us conflicts with His true image? I wonder how different He looks in person from the way we perceive Him to be? Is He kinder? More gentle? Is he patient and caring? Does he seem to understand us or is he sorta distant and stoic? Is He happy or sad or angry?
Perhaps we should consider whether or not what we see when we look at Him lines up with who He actually is.
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