sunday school according to jem

Me: What did you learn about today buddy?
Jem: We learned about sheep and shepherds. The shepherd had to find his sheep because one was missing. And there was another guy who wanted to jump so high and run so fast and he got stuck in a deep hole.

There was some silence after that as we tried to figure out how the guy who fell in a hole fit in with the sheep. We couldn't quite figure it out so Sam asked him instead about the craft he did. Both boys came out of Sunday school with a ruler.

Sam: What is the ruler for?
Jem: To measure things Dad. (obviously)
Sam: Yeah, but why did you get one today?
Tru: Because God's love is so big that we can't measure it.
Jem: You can't measure God. You would need twenty three forty rulers. (Jem hasn't quite figured out large numbers yet)
Me: Wait, tell me again about the man in the hole.
Jem. He tried to run farther and jump higher than any of the other sheep and he got caught in the woods.
Me: Okay, so was it a man or a sheep? Maybe you were learning about the lost sheep.
Jem: It was maybe a sheep or maybe a man.
Tru: It was a sheep Mom.

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