ABC Sabbath School

With Charity and Ben out of town and two meetings with the house church/church plant scheduled for the afternoon we decided to skip traditional Sabbath School and take a nature hike at a nearby neighborhood "bird sanctuary" (we saw exactly one bird the whole time!). When we arrived, I informed the boys that for Sabbath School we were going to try and find 26 things on our walk that reminded us of God--one beginning with each letter of the alphabet. To be honest, I wasn't sure they would do it. However I was surprised at some of their answers ... even considering that about half of Toby's responses had some reference to Satan in them! Here are the ones I can remember ...

• A - Ants, "Black ones are like God, they don't bit. The red ones are like Satan because they are bad and bit you."
• B - Branch, "Broken branch is like Satan trying to seperate us from God."
• C - Canal
• D - Dark, "God called the darkness 'night'/Dark is Satan and God is light coming through"
• E - (I can't remember what this one was)
• F - Flock of Ferns, "Some parts look like they are pointy but they aren't and that is like Satan trying to trick us."
• G - God
• H - House/Hole, "God provides a safe house/home for us and for the animals to live and protects us."
• I - Ice, "The river looks like ice. Ice can be thin but look thick and that is like Satan trying to trick you so that you fall in."
• J - John or Jesus
• K - (Not Kevin) Camp Kulaqua, "It always seems to have something to do with God."
• L - Light, "God is light."
• M - Main Trail, "God is trying to get us to go on the main trail."
• N - Nature
• O - Oak Tree, "It is big and strong like God"
• P - Path, "We have to Pick the right Path. God is trying to get us to pick the right path."
• Q - Quick, "Get away from the swamp quick so they don't bit you."
• R - River, "Rivers can look safe, but sometimes there are dangerous animals in there."
• S - Swamp, "It's like Satan trying to pull you down and God is trying to pull you up."
• T - Tremendous Tree, "God is tall and they point up to God."
• U - Ugly, "Like Satan."
• V - Vine, "The vine of thorns that they made the crown and put on Jesus head before they killed Him."
• W - Waves. "Like Satan trying to crash over you and the current is like God trying to pull you away from Satan."
• X - (we may have skipped this one, Seth really wanted "eXit")
• Y - Yank (your guess is as good as mine!)
• Z - Zank, "God 'zanking' us away from Satan and Satan trying to 'zank' us away from God."

When they finally climbed into bed last night (@ 10 PM!) both of them thanked God for being able to have Sabbath School outside!