A little girl walking with her dad in the church hall today stopped to look at a picture of a New Testament scene — a woman kneeling at the feet of Jesus. She asked her dad, “Is this real?” He replied, “No, it’s a painting.” Her next question piqued my (language) interest: “But did it really happen?” Realizing the different meaning of “real”, her dad clarified, “Yes, it happened when Jesus was helping a woman.” The picture and others in the meetinghouse portray actual scenes and true events we read about in the Bible — for real.
Having raised five children and 23 grandchildren, and taught Primary children for years, my wife Kay knows how smart the littlest ones are ... not far removed from Heaven. As real children of God, we should be more like them in good ways ... with love.
