A Joyful Army of Six

We are Brian and Cara Bergeron. We currently live, homeschool, work, and play soccer in beautiful Southcentral Oregon. We are children of God, children of two marvelous sets of parents who are still happily married, children of the '80s, children who fell in love when we were but children, children who have inherited four unexpected and undeserved blessings from the Lord--Brandt, Gresham, Seth, and Evangeline. Together we are (as Eva will tell you with a shout) "in the Lord's army. Lethirrrr!"

Thursday, March 01, 2007

Misunderstanding Jeremiah

Jeremiah 7:4-7
"Do not trust in these lying words, saying, 'The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are these.' For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor, if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt, then I will cause you to dwell in this place in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever."

The above passage was from this morning's bible reading. In order to discern if the kids were understanding, I asked this question: "What did the tribe of Judah THINK was pleasing to the Lord?" Brandt answered "the things in the temple." Then I probed further: "What was God saying was TRULY pleasing to Him?" Gresham raised his hand frantically and then out came the answer: "Executing your neighbor!"

What can a mom do but burst out laughing?

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