Amen!

Post from guest blogger P.G.  Though this is a very delayed entry, it is still worth the wait!

"It was Ash Wednesday 2010, I packed up nearly 1 year old twins, MG and HG, and four year old big brother SG, and headed off to Church for Ashes.  In the car I thought it prudent to explain, in 4 year old terms, what Easter means to Christians.  This explanation is going to be a little tougher than Christmas is Jesus' birthday.  We have not discussed much on the topic of death and now I have to explain Jesus' death to a four year old!  So I gave it the ole catholic try and told SG that we believe Jesus died so that we can live . . . he saved us.  After much explanation on what he saved us from, SG was satisfied with the response.  Upon entering Church for the Ash Wednesday service, we sat in the back of church with a quick escape route planned out in the event bottles, snacks and crayons did not keep all calm.  I took this time to tell him that we would be getting ashes on our foreheads to show Jesus that we are sorry if we were bad and that we thank him for all he has done for us.  As we looked toward the front of the church at the service, SG noticed the very large crucifix hanging from the ceiling over the altar.  SG asked, "who is that on the cross?"  I replied, "that is a carving of Jesus, showing him as he died on the cross to save us."  SG asked, "was he in trouble?"  I replied, "no, he didn't do anything wrong, just the not nice people wanted to hurt him"  After a long pause SG looked at me and said, "that is a really bad time out!" "