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So here is an excerpt from our discussion at breakfast this morning.

The girls are eating their breakfast. I am reading to them from the book of Matthew, chapter three. This morning I read verses 1-7. I read the passage straight through and then I go back and read it verse by verse and explain the words and the general meaning of the sentence. Each verse is usually followed by discussion oftentimes quite lengthy. After we have read through each verse and discussed each verse, then I go back and read the passage straight through again. Finally, the girls give a narration of what they have just heard.

Here is the passage from God's word: 1In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, 2And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 5Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, 6And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. 7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

We talk about verse one, verse two, verse three and then we get to verse four. "And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins..." So we talk about the clothing that John was wearing and why he may have been wearing such clothing. I give a definition for raiment, girdle and loins. We discuss the pregnancies of Mary and Elizabeth and I have reminded them that Jesus and John were cousins and relate that their own cousins. Then the second part of verse four, "...and his meat was locusts and wild honey." Bailey's face gets all scrunched up as she is crunching her cereal in her mouth. :0) Kennedy looks at Bailey and plays off of her expression with her own scrunched facial expression. It is what "eeewwwww" looks like on a persons face. ;0)

Kennedy says, "Momma what's a locust." Bailey hops in and reminds her of the plagues on Egypt and Kennedy scrunches her face up some more.

Kennedy: John ate bugs?

Momma Klause: Yes ma'am, and honey. It is what God's word says so we know it is the truth.

Bailey: Kennedy, did you know that there are still people that eat bugs?

Kennedy: (With an expression of utter amazement.) No Bay-way, they don't.

Momma Klause: Yes Kennedy there are people that eat bugs. The Klause family does not eat bugs but if that is all that we had to fill our tummies, we would be grateful for them. Maybe locusts are particularly tasty with wild honey.

** Their faces are still all scrunched up in the "eeeewwwww" position. **

Momma Klause: (Assuming that all questions have been answered and with nothing more to add, I read the next verse.) 5Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,

Bailey: Momma? (With a very serious look on her face.)

Momma Klause: Yes Bailey.

Bailey: I'm still thinkin' that pizza would have tasted better.

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