Skyler has a perennial problem with being afraid of the dark. We've tried all sorts of remedies for this (light on in the hallway or bathroom, singing, praying, listening to Your Story Hour on CD, etc.). Recently we have tried letting him go to sleep holding his tiny orange New Testament in bed with him.
"Mommy," he pleaded one night, "would you pyeeze read something fwom the Bible for me?"
Not wanting to turn on the light, I knelt beside his bed, took his Bible, and opened randomly. Then I began to recite Psalm 23. Since I was doing it from memory, of course it ended up being King James Version.
When I got to "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death..." I saw his eyes light up with merriment, even through the darkness.
"Mommy," he sputtered in glee. "Why does it say "Yay!" in the Bible?"
2 comments:
Now that's priceless!
I love how he forgets how scared he was! Love kids!
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