Precious Gems

KIDS' QUOTES

Johnny's Mother looked out the window and noticed him "playing church" with their cat.  He had the cat sitting quietly and he was preaching to it.  She smiled and went about her work.  A while later she heard loud meowing and hissing and ran back to the open window to see Johnny baptising the cat in a tub of water.  She called out, "Johnny, stop that!  The cat is afraid of water!"  Johnny looked up at her and said, "He should have thought about that before he joined the church." ~ Karen in Florida When my brother was 3 or 4, he used to baptize his Teddy bears.  He would get behind our sofa...it sat in front of a "fireplace" with a mantle.  The fireplace was for looks only, not usable.  At any rate, that became his baptismal pool.  He would ask each teddy if they had accepted Jesus in their heart.  The answers were always tiny little affirmative squeaks, after which he would announce that he now baptized (Old Teddy, New Teddy, or Smokey the Bear) in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.  This would be followed by much shouting and praising the Lord from the teddy bears and lots of little giggles from the rest of our family. ~ Cheryl in Virginia  Our Little Leaders class, ages 3-7, were studying the story of Joseph and how his brothers threw him in a pit, and then he was sold at the market as a slave.  At that Sunday evening service, I asked if anyone could tell me, "What did Joseph's brothers do to him after he got out of the pit?  Mitchell, age 4, pipes up and says, "They sold him at the yard sale!" ~ Rhonda in Virginia It was Palm Sunday, and because of a sore throat, five year old Billy stayed home from Church with a sitter. When his family returned home they were carrying several Palm Branches. Billy asked what they were for? His parents replied "People held them over Jesus' head as He walked by." "Wouldn't you know it," Billy fumed, "The one Sunday I don't go to Church, HE showed up!" ~ Jean, a great-grandma in Pennsylvania One Easter Sunday as the minister was preaching the Children's Sermon, he reached into his bag of props and pulled out an egg.  He pointed at the egg and asked the children, "What's in here?"  "I know," a little boy exclaimed, "Pantyhose!" ~ Jean in Pennsylvania Sunday school lessons from a child's perspective:  Two children were asked what they had learned.  Here are their answers: "We learned about John the Cactus."  (Meaning John the Baptist) "We learned about Gladly, the cross-eyed bear!"  (Meaning gladly the cross I'd bear) When my oldest was almost two years old, he was visiting on the front porch with two older ladies in the community. One of the ladies asked if he would like something to eat. Not knowing the word "thirsty," he said, "No, I'm just juice hungry. ~ Diana in Texas My son-in-law was trying to get our 4 year old grandson, Jubal, to eat his dinner but he didn't want to.  So his daddy shared his wisdom with him about all the little children around the world that did not have anything to eat.  Later Jubal came to him and said very sincerely, "Daddy, I will go to those places where little boys and girls don't have any food and I will share mine with them!" ~ Elinor in Virginia