- Always wear shoes outside
- Check your shoes and clothes before putting them on (especially our eighteen-year old whose clothes live on the floor)
- Be careful
- And if you do cross paths with a scorpion, follow your oldest brother's example: scream like a girl and jump behind the couch to safety. No, not really. Don't touch it and get someone older to come take care of it.
My kindergartner is very afraid of bugs and is always very grave and serious when we discuss scorpions, black widows and other dangerous pests. He's also my thinker. Which combination lead to our conversation as I walked him to school a few days ago.
Just before noon, the day was still somewhat cool with an intermittent breeze flitting by. I held my son's hand as we walked and felt like a really great mom. How nice to have some one-on-one time with the boy. Then he turned to me and asked, "Why did Jesus create scorpions?"
And I, in my amazing motherly wisdom, replied, "Um. I'm not sure." Looooong pause. "Maybe he thought they looked cool?"
My son gave me an
is-that-really-the-best-you-can-do? look and let his gaze drop to his shoes. After watching the dust kick up around his feet for a few steps he said, "I think I know why."
Curious, I asked him what he thought.
"I think when Jesus created them, they were good, but Satan made them turn bad."
Wow. Such wisdom from one so young. That simple phrase taught me so much. My son not only understood that Jesus is Good and Satan is Evil, but he understood that Satan, by influencing the fall changed the nature of things. Creatures that once lived in peace and harmony were now at odds with each other. And by considering the nature of scorpions, he reminded me that I should do the same. I should remember that the Lord is in every aspect of life, and I should look for evidences of such.
Am I smarter than my six-year old?
Not always.
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