In honour of my church's kids day camp this week, here's five funny things kids have said:
- One night, a dad was reading the Bible to his four year-old son, James. He read, "And the man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city, but his wife looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt." Concerned, James asked, "What happened to the flea?"
- One Sunday morning, the pastor noticed little Alex was staring up at the large plaque that hung in the foyer of the church. The plaque was covered with names, and small American flags were mounted on either side of it.
The seven-year old had been staring at the plaque for some time, so the pastor walked up, stood beside the boy and said quietly, "Good morning, Alex."
"Good morning pastor," replied the young man, still focused on the plaque.
"Pastor McGhee, what is this?" Alex asked.
"Well, son, it's a memorial to all the young men and women who died in the service."
Soberly, they stood together, staring at the large plaque. Little Alex's voice was barely audible when he asked, "Which service, the 8:30 or the 11:00?" - A father took his five-year-old son to several baseball games where "The Star-Spangled Banner" was sung before the start of each game. Then the father and son attended church on a Sunday shortly before Independence Day. The congregation sang "The Star-Spangled Banner," and after everyone sat down, the little boy suddenly yelled out, "PLAY BALL!"
- A child came home from Sunday School and told his mother that he had learned a new song about a cross-eyed bear named Gladly. It took his mother a while before she realized that the hymn was really "Gladly The Cross I'd Bear."
- Finding one of her students making faces at others on the playground, Ms. Smith stopped to gently reprove the child. Smiling sweetly, the Sunday School teacher said, "Bobby, when I was a child, I was told that if I made ugly faces, it would freeze and I would stay like that."
Bobby looked up and replied, "Well, Ms. Smith, you can't say you weren't warned."