Out of the Mouths of Babes

My children say some the most extraordinary things; and they do not think twice about it. On Friday, Chris and I went to a conference for Olivia. It was a planned 'end of year' conference for her. Neither Chris nor I were nervous about the conference, but I remember her last one at her last school; and did not want the same kind of conference. For any that knows Olivia, she can speak her mind when she wants to and does not take anything from anyone.
The conference went great! Olivia is doing very well in her new school! Her teacher, Ms. Jennifer, is very impressed with her counting to 20 and knowing most of the alphabet. She can write her name very well, not her last name yet but we are getting there. I found it very odd that she did not recognize certain letters though; O,P, and R. Her name starts with O, her brother's name starts with P and her last name starts with R, who knows? How does she not recognize these letters? That's Olivia for you.
Olivia has told her teacher that her parent’s names are Tiffany & Brett. Huh? Does she even know a Brett? (My cousin's boyfriend's name is Brett, she has seen him twice in the past year and I don't think she even talked to him at both family functions) So is she completely confused to what her father's name is? No, she knows that her daddy's name is Chris. I said that she was calling 'her daddy a brat'!
Olivia is also able to tell or retell a story. Hmm, wonder who she gets this from? My sister, Mary? Her teacher had to tell us about her retelling of a story because it was 'just too cute'. When Ms. Jennifer was evaluating Olivia, she had asked Olivia to retell a story that they had learned about early in the day. So, Olivia told the story of The Last Supper.
Olivia: We learned about The First Supper.
Ms Jennifer: You mean The Last Supper?
Olivia: NO, I mean The First Supper. Jesus broke the bread and gave it to his people. Then, he gave them wine or juice; and told them to eat and drink it.
Ms. Jennifer: Who are Jesus' people?
Olivia: His recycles.
Ms Jennifer: His disciples?
Olivia: NO, his recycles!
Ms. Jennifer: You mean, his disciples?
Olivia: NO, I mean his recycles!
Ms. Jennifer did not correct her again; she was trying to contain herself from laughing so hard.

I started to think about this more in depth about how are children say the most unusual and innocent things. What if we took those saying seriously and took a deeper look into them.

One definition of recycles is 'Convert (waste) into reusable material'. Jesus takes us and makes us new.
Another definition is to undergo reuse or renewal. Think about that! We are renewed with Jesus Christ.
Being a disciple of Jesus we are to witness to others so that they are changed and renewed.

I think the Lord talks to us every day through our children; by their actions AND their words, even if they are not the correct ones.

Go and be recycles!