A couple of months ago Benjamin was talking about the Bible story of Noah following a Sunday School lesson. (I think kids learn about Noah about every 4th week.) After a period of quiet contemplation he said knowingly to Seth & I, "It rained because people sinned." I had never heard it put quite that way before, but yes, we reasoned, the origin of rain was connected with the flood which was brought upon the earth because of the widespread evil on the earth. So you could say that it rained because people sinned. "That's true," we agreed.
Several weeks later the kids and I were in the car when a downpour began. Talia began to chatter about the rain while I was mainly focused on my driving. Benj was very quiet. After a few minutes I heard Benj's little voice pipe up from the back seat. "Mom? It's raining." He sounded concerned. "Does that mean we sinned?"
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totally adorable and totally curious to here how you responded to that question
Ruth, I told him rain was only because of sin the first time. Now it's a blessing because everything needs water to grow.
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