He knows my name
During the mid-morning hours of my work day, I work in a preschool classroom of 3-4 year olds at a private Christian preschool. Today the other teacher in the room asked me to sing songs with the children as we cleaned up from morning snack. The children love music and we have a long list of songs to share with each other. After singing several songs of my choice, I asked the children to choose the songs. Four-year-old Isabella asked if we could sing the “Our Father” song. I said I didn’t know that one and told her to start it off and we’d all follow along. She insisted that we did know that song and then I realized she was talking about “The Lord’s Prayer,” not a song. So we started off “The Lord’s Prayer” as follows:
“Our Father who art in Heaven” then Isabella came to the next part and said “How do you know my name?” instead of “Hallowed be thy name.”
It was so cute that she was hearing that part of the prayer as “how do you know my name.” I used that as a Christian education teachable moment to explain to Isabella that God knows her name because He made her and loves her very much. Even at age 4, children can learn about God’s love and His special attention.
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