Nursery Story

Aleigha absolutely loves going to the nursery at church. She is sometimes the only one in there and when there are other children, it is her cousins Abbie and Maddie. It is taught by grandma and sometimes grandpa is the one who teaches. So needless to say, she gets a lot of attention. We all know that children are like sponges and it is best to teach them when their minds can absorb so much. Yet, I still think we often under estimate the ability a child has to learn. It is a great feeling though when your child demonstrates or explains or even lifes what they have learned. I know Aleigha is learning constantly..but here is a special story I wanted to share with everyone of what she learned in Nursery:

Right after class was over, she ran into the room I was in, held up the children's hymnal. I can't remember the name of the song...but the picture was of Jesus holding and kissing 4 children (2 boys and 2 girls-one brunette, one blonde). She tells me as she points to each person, "This is Jesus, this is Daddy, this is Brenton, this is Mommy, and this is Leigha" She proceeds with, "When Jesus comes, I am going to give him a BIG HUG and a BIG KISS. I will also give him a bandaid and kiss his booboos."
Me: "Oh, where is Jesus' booboos."
Aleigha: She runs to the nursery and returns with a picture "Right here, and here, and here, and here."-as she points to each hand and foot.
Me: "Aww, poor Jesus, what happened to him?"
Aleigha: "Bad mans hurt him."
Me: "What men hurt him?
Aleigha: "This man, and this one, and this one, etc." She continues to point to each person in the picture.

Aleigha will randomly bring up Jesus and tell us how much she loves him and how she will give him a hug and kiss when she sees him. It is inspiring to me to see the love she has for our Savior and to see that she understand that He loves her. Children truly have a Christ like love and we should all follow their suit.