Evan prayed tonight…
March 25th, 2008 by Joeand this is what he said, err…sang (to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star):
Thank you, Jesus, for the Bible, tells me so…
And for Shem and Japha (Japheth)…
Shem, Shem and Japha…
Lamech, Lamech, Lamech, Lamech, Lamech, Lamech, Lamech, Lamech.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
He loves talking about Shem and Japheth, but seems to always miss out on their brother Ham. Hmm…And Lamech…how he got stuck in Evan’s mind I don’t know.
Ah, how sweet it is to hear prayers and Scripture spilling from the lips of your child.
March 26th, 2008 at 12:02 am
Really cool pics of the Bible! How did you do that? I’m not sure what Evan meant by repeating Lamech several times either….hmm.
March 26th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
I am so impressed. I am pleased if Luke remembers who the main characters are, but I had to be reminded myself about Lamech.
Poor Ham… I hate that he gets left out. I’ll thank God for just Ham tonight to make up for it.
March 26th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
@Jennifer:
Maybe Evan knew that there were two different Lamechs in Genesis 4-5 and, therefore, wanted to give both of them the props they deserve. Though, the Lamech in chapter 4 isn’t such a great guy. He 1) married two women, 2) murdered a young man, and 3) presumed that God would protect him from being avenged as…nay, even moreso than He had with his great-great-great grandpa Cain. And then, this Lamech is the last we hear from Cain’s line of descendents. The rest were all destroyed in the flood (cf. Genesis 7:21-23).
@Robin:
Yeah. I want Evan to remember all three, because different people groups today come from all three of Noah’s boys. But, if Evan’s gonna forget any one of the three, I’d prefer it to be Ham. Ham was the one who shamed his father (Noah) when he was drunk and naked and was, in turn, cursed by his him (cf. Genesis 9:20-27).