Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Perils of Speedy RE Preparation

Trying to get everything done for my Religious Education class for this morning. I take a grade 2 class and they are lovely. Noisy and never still, but lovely.

Just quickly trying to copy and then highlight some verses I need them to read out. Quickly grabbed one - Jeremiah 31:3 "... Israel, I will always love you; that's why I have been so patient and kind."

Lovely thought for the day. God is patient and kind and loving. Great.

Onto the next one I read quickly Jeremiah 3:2 "Just try to find one hilltop where you haven't gone to worship other gods by having sex."

What!?! That can't be right! Definitely not age-appropriate. Check the reference.

Jeremiah 3:12 "... Israel, I am your Lord - come back to me! You were unfaithful and made me furious, but I am merciful, and so I will forgive you."

That's more like it.

How funny would it have been if I hadn't actually read the selections, then given them out to my unsuspecting 8 year olds?

... Approximately NONE!!!

4 comments:

Jodie said...

Jen you gave me a good chuckle over that one. Thank you.

Givinya De Elba said...

Approximately HEAPS I think you'll find! Ha ha harrr....

Long dark hair, blue eyes said...

it would have been funny for us...maybe not for you.

Allegro ma non troppo said...

Yikes! It pays to check chapter and verse.

But man, that's funny.