What comes in, must come out

I came to an interesting (in an obvious sort of way) realization today while watching Ethan play. Jon had laid down on the couch and Ethan's first thought was that he was pretending to be the lame man from this week's Bible story and wanted to re-enact the story. I've been noticing him doing that a lot recently, and I think it's a combination of two things.

The first, is that he's obviously getting older and developing a better memory. But the second is that we've been doing devotions with him every bedtime. I've been writing 5-day devotionals for each week, based on the Sunday's lesson. I decided to write my own because I was having a hard time finding good material that wasn't moralistic or trite, and I just couldn't recommend anything I'd found for our families, at least not with gusto. The great thing about having a preschooler at home is that I feel like I can finally write stuff that I'm sure is at the level of an average preschooler! Jon and I have been alternating doing them with him, and it's really giving him the chance to get into the story, learning about some of the deeper nuances than we'd get into on a Sunday morning with 10 other kids.

And it made me realize - what comes in, must come out. I've seen Ethan re-enact episodes of some of his favorite shows too, which is fine. But I'm so glad that what's going into his little mind is not just TV, and not just our words (or mine), but His.