Knowing and Loving the Savior
Preparing Hearts Teaching Little Ones to Love Jesus
My daughter is learning to read. She loves her Bible and the stories that we read together. She particularly loves the story of Moses’ mother saving her baby son from Pharaoh by placing him in a basket on the bank of the Nile river. She loves to hear about Miriam, the loving older sister who watches over the baby in the basket before he is found and adopted by the
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Pharaoh’s daughter (Exodus 2:1-10). When she learns something new in Kindergarten or at Sabbath School, she’s excited to share what she has learned with others. She’ll often end her retelling of her new knowledge with, “Did you know that?” I find that my faith is renewed every time I am confronted with her enthusiasm for and trust in the Bible. I am
excited to open the Bible with her and read through the verses, discussing what was going on in the stories, what the events in the stories meant for the people of the time, and how the lessons learned can apply to her life today. It is refreshing to read the Bible through her eyes. Like most children, she questions everything! Small details that I may pass over without much