4 Year Old Bible Class

Tonight in the 4 year old bible class we discussed the difficulties of being a friend to those who weren't nice to us. Kids really do say the darndest things. They even add a cute little spin to topics like, oh I don't know, capital punishment.

We were doing an activity where the kids drew an illustration out of a paper bag that depicted one kid not being nice to another kid. The first couple of pictures went by without a hitch. The running question was, "What would you say to someone treating this person in this way?" The typical answer was, "I would tell them it's not nice or I would tell them to stop it or I would tell their mom."

On the third picture the picture showed a boy pushing a little girl. The kids quickly pointed out that it wasn't nice and he was a big bully. One stated firmly, "I'll cut his head off." Then he made a slicing motion across his neck.

Uh, what? All I could say was, "Maybe that's not being a good friend either." Then we moved on to the next picture, this time showing a boy refusing to share his ball with another boy. I asked the same question this time an answer came from a different boy. "Why don't we just kill him."

Again, I'm stumped. "Maybe we should lay of the Middle Eastern justice system for now," is all I could say. The next picture was a boy knocking down a girl's blocks. Crap. Yep, off with his head.