Also – you’re right about little boys and the David and Goliath story. A few weeks ago, I had my 2-year-old grandson, Hunter listening to 1 Sam. with me from http://www.biblegateway.com. The reader would voice the actual scriptures and in his short pauses, I would re-count them story-style and animated on s 2 year old level. Hunter was mesmerized. He got very excited about the rock hitting his head, but I did sorta gloss over the head-chopping part. However, I was wondering how I could offer him a visual when I remembered I had a book, an antique Bible story book in the living room. It has all sorts of those old b & w Bible drawings. I just wanted Hunter to “see David, the shepherd boy who became a man after God’s own heart.” Instead – it showed David standing victoriously over Goliath with the giant’s head in his hand and a sword. Hunter keyed in on that fast. He couldn’t quit looking at the picture. It was all about the sword and the conquoring for him.

But a couple of hours later when his mommy came to pick him up, he recounted the rock on the head and falling and the beheading and the sword, yes, but he also voiced some inner revelation about David loving God’s heart. Oh, Miss Amanda – how sweet are the precepts of the Lord – especially as understood by my grandkids!:)