misunderstood parable

[christianmomof3]

Last night I read a children's story version
of the parable of the lost sheep to
my 5 year old daughter Becca.
When I read the part about the man's
sheep being lost, I asked her
what she would do if her sheep was
lost.
She said "I would get a dog".
I was a bit confused and then thought
how smart my little girl must be to
think that a dog could find a lost sheep.
So I asked her - "Oh, you would get
a dog to find the sheep?"
And she said "No, I would get a dog because
I don't want a sheep anyway - I want a dog."

We actually have 2 dogs and a cat.
I tried to explain the parable, but she totally
did not get it.
All she knew was she would not care if she lost
a sheep because she would not want a sheep anyway.


I thought about how we are all often that way
about God's word. We totally miss the point sometimes
and don't even realize it because we are looking at
things from our limited points of view rather than from
His point of view.

 

[micbmac]

That's really cute. some of the things they say...

I taught my boys the same parable last year. It took them a while to put two and two together. people being lost and God welcoming them back w/open arm.

So I just eplained to them how they felt when they found something they had beenlookng for for a long time. How did they feel about finking it. They finally got it.