Each fall, I looked forward to reading this book in my classroom…
(photo taken from amazon.com)
The book is a simple presentation of the Gospel.
The pages explain that our heart is like a pumpkin…before we know God, the insides of our hearts are full of sin which is icky, slimy, gooey, etc. It is God who cleans the inside of our heart out and Jesus who comes to live inside of our hearts which results in a heart change…He shines through us so others can see and experience God’s goodness.
My copy of this book is still packed away in boxes waiting to be unearthed from the move…but I tried to tell B the story as we carved a little pumpkin together…He didn’t ‘get’ the story…but hopefully over time God will help B begin to put the pieces together in his own spiritual walk.
B wasn’t too interested in touching the seeds and pulp…he smelled it and just waited for mommy to ‘keen’ the pumpkin out.
Look at the evidence of his excitement (and disregard the cartoons on in the background…we had had a tough morning in our neck of the wood)!
We decided to carve a heart out of the pumpkin to represent Jesus shinning in our hearts.
After carving, B helped put the pumpkins ’lid’ back on…
And was enthralled by the candle that flickered inside.
Afterwards, I cleaned the seeds and roasted them for old time sake (another classroom tradition). B wasn’t too interested in trying the roasted seeds…but C and I will be sure to enjoy them
A little side note: Next year I’ll splurge and buy real $2.00 carving tools…apparently kitchen knives aren’t meant to carve pumpkins, go figure.
Let your lights shine!
Be blessed.
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