A part of our Primary lesson today talked about how Jesus was born into a family. Part of the discussion went just like this:
Me: Joseph was a very righteous man. When he found out that Mary was going to have baby Jesus, he was still willing to marry her. Back then you could get into a lot of trouble if you had a baby when you weren't married. (Side note: I have no idea why I said this last sentence. It just popped out.)
Sally: Why?
Me (in my head): Because you're not supposed to have sex before you're married! Wait - wait - edit yourself, Maren. These are seven-year-olds.
Me (out loud): Oh, because you're just not supposed to have babies before you get married. Heavenly Father wants us to have babies when we're married so we can have families.
Me (in my head): Score! Our lesson is on families and I snuck that whole families reference in. Moving on...
Billy (speaking as a total authority on this): But sometimes babies just sneak up on you. You don't know they're coming.
Me: Wellll... sometimes they're a surprise, yes... But people still know that they shouldn't, um...
Me (in my head): Dang! How do I edit this for their age?
Me (out loud): um... people who aren't married know they shouldn't have babies.
Billy: But sometimes they don't know that the babies are coming! They sneak up!
Me: Well, grown ups know...
Billy: But what if the lady just eats and eats and eats and then her belly gets really big and then the baby starts growing?
Me: Um, let's move on.
Me: Joseph was a very righteous man. When he found out that Mary was going to have baby Jesus, he was still willing to marry her. Back then you could get into a lot of trouble if you had a baby when you weren't married. (Side note: I have no idea why I said this last sentence. It just popped out.)
Sally: Why?
Me (in my head): Because you're not supposed to have sex before you're married! Wait - wait - edit yourself, Maren. These are seven-year-olds.
Me (out loud): Oh, because you're just not supposed to have babies before you get married. Heavenly Father wants us to have babies when we're married so we can have families.
Me (in my head): Score! Our lesson is on families and I snuck that whole families reference in. Moving on...
Billy (speaking as a total authority on this): But sometimes babies just sneak up on you. You don't know they're coming.
Me: Wellll... sometimes they're a surprise, yes... But people still know that they shouldn't, um...
Me (in my head): Dang! How do I edit this for their age?
Me (out loud): um... people who aren't married know they shouldn't have babies.
Billy: But sometimes they don't know that the babies are coming! They sneak up!
Me: Well, grown ups know...
Billy: But what if the lady just eats and eats and eats and then her belly gets really big and then the baby starts growing?
Me: Um, let's move on.
2 comments:
hahahaha...thanks for the good laugh. Yes...MOVING ON!!! I love Primary Proverbs!
LOL!! We had this same lesson. We were also talking about families when one child randomly blurts out something about a strager "and he could kill you." OK...moving on!
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