Building Bunk Beds and the Kingdom

Right now, Michael is working on putting a bunk bed together for the kids. Alley and Liam are helping. I love it that he lets them help him but even more I love it that he talks to them while they do it. I was in the next room, writing a card to a friend and listening to their conversation at the same time. It was not the conversation you might imagine, about wood and nails and screws, but instead it was a conversation about redemption and idolatry and sacrifice. Alley asked a few questions in response to a conversation Michael and I had just had and he patiently answered and explained these things to her, giving her examples to illustrate the meanings so she could really understand. It hit me that this is life, this is building His kingdom and this is what God wants us to do with our children all the time. The Bible tells us to teach them about Him when we rise up and when we lie down, and in between, we build bunk beds!