Lesson Learned

A friend in my Sunday School class has challenged us to start a devotion time each day with our kids. She suggested we start with the story of David and Goliath. I read the first 10 verses to the kids last night. James was really into it and wanted more. But, I made one grave mistake that kept Hannah from getting into it. I was trying to give them something to compare Goliath's size to. So I was saying you know a door frame is 6 feet tall and you add three more feet and that's about how tall he was. Then it said his scale armor weighed 125 pounds. So what do I think to compare the weight to? I said, it weighs a little more than Hannah. (bad, bad, bad move) For the rest of the time Hannah, couldn't focus because I said she was fat! Never mind that those words did not come out of my mouth.

Of course, she'll use that when she grows up and goes to therapy. Hopefully tonight will go better. Lesson learned, always use an inanimate object to compare weights.