Tonight as I rubbed lotion on Meg after her bath, she whiled away the time perusing The Jesus Storybook Bible. About a third of the way through, she turned to a picture of an immense, glowering man in armor towering over a small boy with a slingshot. Meg looked at me, then pointed to the large fella.
"Big John," she said.
"Big John? Tha... is that Big John?" I asked, just to clarify.
"Yeah."
"That's Goliath," I said casually, stifling my internal laugh riot.
"Yeah," said Meg.
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David and Cara
Most happily married since October of 2003, we love Jesus Christ, each other, our wild and crazy kids, and serving our beloved church. David is the Ministry Teams and Tech Director at Covenant Life Church; Cara is a wife, mama, homemaker, avid reader, writing-lover, and novice home schooler. Our life isn't what you'd call exciting (though there's never a dull moment), but we love using this blog to share glimpses of our days with our far-flung family members. Even more, we love sealing the grace of God in our hearts by writing down [a tiny bit of] what He's doing in our lives.
Meg
At nine years old, our Meggie is a beautifully unique individual. Her defining characteristic is her irrepressible and contagious zeal for life. She gets excited about everything. She loves people, new experiences, books, school, dance, writing, and taekwondo class. In many ways, she sets the pace for this loud and affectionate brood of ours.
Matthew
Matthew, seven, was born with a sparkle of mischief in his eye--I have the post to prove it. His number one goal and gift is making others laugh. After that, he likes to create stuff--cardboard-and-tape stuff, origami stuff, Lego stuff, zany and offbeat craft stuff. The best part? This funny and creative package opens to reveal a wonderfully tender heart.
Esme
Esme Rose is a five-year-old fairy princess in disguise--or at least, we're pretty sure that's what she believes. Even her daddy (who is not given to the fanciful) says that she was made with an unusually high ratio of pixie dust. Other ingredients include independence, cuddles, stubbornness, sweetness, spunk, drama, fierce flying hugs, and a highly developed sense of femininity.
Graham
Even going through a pretty terrible Terrible Twos isn't so bad when you're also the doted-upon baby of the family. Graham is an expressive, comical, joyful, demanding, feisty, talkative, passionate little bundle of a person. He adores trucks, airplanes, and all other things that go, doggies, clothes, and being outside. He gives killer hugs and loves getting kisses. We can hardly remember what life was like without him.
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3 comments:
Always interesting to her how my illustrations will be interpreted!
Jago
http://www.jagoillustration.com
Hey Cara, do you like this story book bible better than the crossway one?
--Marlon
Hi, Marlon. We own both The Jesus Storybook Bible (Zondervan) and the Big Picture Story Bible (Crossway). We like them both very much and would highly recommend either one. We've been through both of them with Meg (the Crossway one many times), and right now the Crossway one is a little more suited to her short attention span. But having both and alternating is a nice way to break things up. Also, the Zondervan one tells a few more of the "classic" Bible stories (Jonah, for example, or Daniel in the lions' den) that the Crossway one glosses over. The Crossway title "Big Picture" is very accurate--it gives almost an overview of the whole Bible, and it succeeds very well in showing that the Bible is not just a bunch if disconnected stories, but one continuous story of man's rebellion and God's redemption. The Zondervan one is also aptly titled--it brings Jesus and his role into every single story, from Creation to Revelation. Both great approaches, both great products.
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