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Saturday, May 31, 2008
Weeks 3 - 6 of My Father's World
Weeks 3 through 6 of My Father's World had us focusing on the North American countries of The United States of America and Mexico.
For science we've been focusing on deserts. We've learned how God made both plants and animals that have special characteristics that allow them to survive in harsh desert climates. For Christmas, Yayah and Papa gave the children some Disney DVD that were televised when Yayah and Papa were children. Although we had watched The Living Desert before, we watched it with fresh eyes after having learned so much about desert flora and fauna through our curriculum.
We colored and labeled the world's deserts and learned that only one fifth of the world's deserts are covered in the stereotypical sand. The rest are rocky, and mostly scrub brush and cactus filled. This is Rosebud's map.
The best things we learned during weeks 3 through 6 were during our Bible time. Exploring Countries and Cultures has us reading through the book of Matthew this year and this past week, in chapter 4, we read about Christ's time in the desert and specifically focused on Satan's failed attempt to deceive Christ.
We were struck by Satan's use of scripture OUT of context as a method of trying to deceive Christ. It reminded us of Satan's deception of Eve in the garden when he used some of God's words, but left the most important ones out. And Satan's trick worked on Eve.
Rosebud was able to understand that there are ifs, big IFs, that go along with many of God's promises. He will prepare a place for us, IF we dwell in the Most High (as said in Psalm 91), but not if we chose to live apart from His ways (which Rosebud and Boo will readily explain were established by God because He wants what is best for us, not because He is a cosmic kill-joy).
The opportunity to witness Rosebud and Boo grasp these spiritual truths is an awesome privilege and a tremendous blessing. We're so thankful that we don't have to miss any of it. |
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