I was asked to substitute teach for the four year old Primary class today. As the children walked in one little boy said in apparent surprise, "You don't look bad!"
I'm not exactly sure what he meant but it was the beginning of an interesting and entertaining hour. I told two stories about children who prayed for help and received answers in "a still small voice." Then we went for a walk outside to discover what we could hear when we are quiet and listening. We heard an airplane, birds, cars, a truck, the jingling of dog collars... While listening we saw a number of dragonflies and bees. Back in class I told the kids that I would take turns tossing a ball to each one of them. When they had the ball they were supposed to tell me something they had heard outside. The first child with the ball said, "Wait before I tell you what I heard I want to tell you about my dad." He related something about his dad and then said that he heard airplanes outside. The next boy wanted to tell something about his sister before he said, "I heard two dragonflies, maybe a bee and a horse on a farm really, really far away."