Sometimes I think, well, I know actually, that Parker is in another world when we are reading the Bible. But it is actually surprising how much he gets out of it. Two different times this week, he has totally shocked me.
We had been reading about Abraham and Sarah and their son Isaac. The readings took us through tons of other families and descendents and we circled back after a week or so to when Isaac was going to find his wife Rebecca. I asked Parker, "Do you remember when we were talking about Abraham and his son Isaac?" Parker says, "Yes. Abraham took Isaac to the mountain to kill him to show he was loyal to God. He lied to Isaac and said he was going to kill a sheep instead of him and right before he killed him, God spoke to him and told him to stop." I was so shocked! I mean, when I am reading about all of the men and their wives and ALL of the children and funky names, I get bored and zone out, even if the words are coming out of my mouth! I was astonished that he remembered the story during such a boring stretch of what we were reading.
The other time I was so proud (and embarrassed) was at his first communion class. The teacher apparently asked if anyone knew why God sent the flood and why he had chosen Noah to build the ark. Parker said he was the only one who raised their hand and he told them, "God sent the flood because men had been being very bad and he wanted to start over. The men had been taking too many wives and doing all sorts of bad things with them (OMG!) and he chose Noah because he seemed like the only good guy. He had been making the right choices so he trusted him."
I'm so proud that he feels so comfortable raising his hand and talking about this stuff and, again, that he is understanding it all but I just have to wonder if his teacher is like, "what all did your mommy tell you about "all the bad stuff" the men were doing!" I try very hard to sensor what I am reading to him but I know one of these days I'm gonna let a "intercourse" or "sex" or something slip out. Genesis is bad!
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