This cute short book has its own amazing moral at the end, but I have loved to use it to emphasize how accounts of the Bible must be put together to know God in the deepest sense. People throughout history have tried to take segment Scripture, but it is only finding its entire repetitive, rhythmic Heartbeat for humanity that you can deeply relate with Him in this life and forever!
The New Testament has its own perspectives of several men who watched and described the life of Jesus. The details that one can glean from reading the same account from Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John can reveal him and his truths in amazing color, much like the little hero of this book, taking in the whole.
Activity: Place two or more children on different sides of an object and have them each describe what they see. Then compare and contrast the perspectives. The boys and I did this describing a flat screen T.V. with a video game paused on the screen. Dax who was looking from the side described it as a narrow tall strip with control buttons and light coming from the side. Cole pointed out its width, the lighted words pause and continue coming from the whole thing. It was the same object and their descriptions were both very true but when put together gave the whole picture.
Farah: Peanut M&Ms (fun with a bit of protein)
Cole:Skittles (it is so colorful)
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