When a Bible Story Comes to Life

During our Sunday School class for the children six and under, we start a Bible Story.  Then, we do the second half of the story during junior church.  As I was reviewing at the beginning of junior church, I asked who we talked about during Sunday school.  Danny, who can hardly ever sit still, was bouncing around on his bench with his hand in the air.  I called on him, and he said, “It was David and the Lion’s Den.”  I said, “It wasn’t David.”  Gilbert said, “It was Daniel!”  

When we got to the part of the story about the bad men being thrown into the lions’ den, the boys could hardly contain themselves.  

In junior church, we normally color a picture after the lesson.  This week, we did little stand up pictures for Daniel and the Lion’s Den.  The boys had Daniel riding the lion.  Then, they put Daniel inside the lion and said, “Look, Mom, he ate Daniel.”  Sometimes the tiny kids throw the picture on the floor when they are done with it.  Danny went around collecting all of the discarded ones and ended up with three Daniels and three lions.  He had them all in his hand as we were going in the house.  He must have dropped one Daniel, and Thumper, our puppy, found it.  Joe stepped outside to see if he could find the missing “Daniel,” and he brought in a soggy Daniel.  Danny was disgusted with Thumper for having the audacity to eat his paper!

Gilbert with his Daniel and his lion

With Bonnie it is either a huge smile with squinted eyes or no smile at all.  She said, “Mine is all mixed up, Mom.  I used lots of colors.”

Danny was acting the part of his lions.