He's In Trouble

This past Sunday in our Sunday school class, we watched a video that covered some of Jesus' parables. In the parable of Lazarus, Lazarus gets his reward in Heaven while the rich man who ignored him goes to Hell. They showed a short clip of the man in Hell, surrounded by green flames and begging for something to quench his thirst. At this point, Clark turned me and whispered, "That guy's in trouble!"

Yes, Clark. He certainly is.

Meet Clark

My fiancee helps out with a program at our church with 4 and 5-year old kids. The parents drop them off when they go to 9am mass and she watches, teaches and interacts with them. I helped her out this past weekend and observed the following scenario featuring Clark (not his real name in case his parents ever find my blog).

Fiancee: "Okay, one way your parents can show their love is by cooking for you."

Little Girl in the Class: "I had pancakes for breakfast this morning."

Clark: "I like toast!"

It cracked me up and the rest of my Sunday afternoon was peppered with random outbursts of "I like toast!" in honor of Clark.

My other favorite Clark-ism from months ago is when the other teacher was talking about animals. The point she was trying to make is that God loves everyone and everything the same - there are no favorites. So she asked the class which animal they thought was God's favorite and Clark blurted out "The cheetah!"

I can't wait 'til my nephew hits 4 and starts blurting out semi-random things.