Conversations with Max

September 16, 2014

Quote of the night from our dinner table:

"So, Mom... if God is not contained by space, then Hell has to be in another dimension, right?" -Maximus (8)

Help, please? I may not be a deep enough thinker to raise this boy! Good thing he's got Lucas Roebuck as his daddy!

Conversations with Maggie

September 10, 2015

Today while I was loading the dishwasher, Maggie Mae (8) came into the kitchen and asked, "Can God make choices?" 

We talked it out for a few minutes, and I eventually decided that the angle she was exploring had to do with whether a Being outside of time could make choices and/or decisions, concepts we understand within time. I thought it was a great question. Definitely got me thinking and trying to think through scriptures that would help answer her question.

I thought of Ephesians 1:4 "“For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight," and Maggie's question really caused be to think about it in a whole new way. Maybe God did ALL His choosing/deciding before time began?  Love it when my kids challenge me to think about something in a new or different way.

Conversations with Max

"Max: I don't listen to my heart. I listen to my mind and strategically choose everything I do. "

Conversations with Amelia

Millie: (Playing with Little People toys) Mo-om!! Where is the mommy ai-el?

Mom: the mommy Ariel?

Millie: No, the mommy Ai-EL!

Mom: the mommy aisle?

Millie: Yes! WHERE IS THE MOMMY AISLE? Get it!

(Max and Mom look at each other in confusion.)

Max: Why don't you just get her a sucker or something?