Jesus wouldn't like that....
I am on break and one of the joys of being on break is being able to spend time with friends and family back home. Tonight I spent time with my second family. I was able to hold and giggle with my godson, and to play with his two older siblings, as well as talk, laugh and catch up with his parents. It was marvelous!
But what was incredible was the ability of their oldest, 5 years old, to bring us back to reality. She was telling me about some of the things she has been learning in kindergarten and apparently in February that studied African American history. She told me about the woman she did a project on (her name is elluding me right n0w) - she wrote about quilting and the use of patterns and quilts in resistance to slavery and the use of quilting on the underground railroad. We started talking more about that and she asked about slavery. Her dad started to tell her about slavery, "...the white people.." "Daddy, who are white people?" Then her dad realized that her teacher was an african american and that she herself was asian and that they had learned in class about true color - so she couldn't imagine a WHITE person.
But even more remarkable was as she was asking questions about slavery (she is an incredibly gifted and inquisitive girl) she just casually remarked "Jesus wouldn't like that." There was no doubt in her mind and she stated it just matter of fact. "Jesus wouldn't like that." She went on to say quickly that Jesus wants us to love people and be nice to people.
And the children will teach them. The gospel in a few words of a 5 year old. Jesus wouldn't like that. Jesus wants us to love and be nice to people. What more needs to be said!?
But what was incredible was the ability of their oldest, 5 years old, to bring us back to reality. She was telling me about some of the things she has been learning in kindergarten and apparently in February that studied African American history. She told me about the woman she did a project on (her name is elluding me right n0w) - she wrote about quilting and the use of patterns and quilts in resistance to slavery and the use of quilting on the underground railroad. We started talking more about that and she asked about slavery. Her dad started to tell her about slavery, "...the white people.." "Daddy, who are white people?" Then her dad realized that her teacher was an african american and that she herself was asian and that they had learned in class about true color - so she couldn't imagine a WHITE person.
But even more remarkable was as she was asking questions about slavery (she is an incredibly gifted and inquisitive girl) she just casually remarked "Jesus wouldn't like that." There was no doubt in her mind and she stated it just matter of fact. "Jesus wouldn't like that." She went on to say quickly that Jesus wants us to love people and be nice to people.
And the children will teach them. The gospel in a few words of a 5 year old. Jesus wouldn't like that. Jesus wants us to love and be nice to people. What more needs to be said!?
posted by Kim @ 11:31 PM
1 Comments:
At 26/3/05 15:32,
Kate Davidson said…
Amen! It is truly amazing how complicated we can make things some times. It only takes the innocence of a child to bring us back to where we should be.
=) Kate
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