Elijah keeps telling me that he understands things with his eyes. I am not sure if this is the indicator of a visual learning style or just a trick of language. Maybe both. Today we were continuing an ongoing discussion on the nature of the Trinity - one of those things you have to get into their heads while they are little because its a lot easier to understand when you are five than when you are twenty-five. Elijah brought it up to me again.
E: Okay, I understand it now, Mom. Jesus is God. And He is His son.
M: Right, and there's a third person, the Holy Spirit.
E: Right. Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit.
M: Right. Three persons. One God.
E: And Jesus is God's son. And God.
M: Right.
E: That's weird...
M: Yes. It's a Mystery.
E: God is magic, huh?
M: God is the only magic that is real.
E: Wait! I see it with my eyes!
M: ??
He proceeds to explain the Trinity to me in purely visual language of which I do not understand one iota.
And that's why you have to start young... right? Having conquered the Lord's Prayer - Lij and Liv can both recite it from memory, now - we are now tackling the Apostle's Creed. Maybe we will use the Rich Mullins song for a memory aid, Mommi - sometimes I have to hum the bars to remember my place. It's such a good synopsis of what we all believe as Christians.
When we have these conversations, Olivia listens with big eyes and bigger ears. I am pretty certain she is an audible learner. She is taking notes.
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