We've just about got Isaiah 40:21-24 down and are now moving on to verses 25-26. These verses are easy for children to make motions to, for visual reminders. Even Whitney and Toby are getting some of them down.
We are still reading in 2 Kings. Today we read a story about Hezekiah that I had never heard! He asked Isaiah for a sign that the Lord was going to heal him. Isaiah suggested that the sign from the Lord be that "the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps." Hezekiah chose that the shadow would go BACK ten steps. Isaiah called on the Lord, and the Lord preformed the sign for them! How cool is that? The children could so relate and understand about shadows. . . Tomorrow we read about Josiah, who also honored the Lord and became king at age 8!
The curriculum we have used this year is called My Father's World, and we have basically studied creation through the Greeks. We've been reading through Old Testaments stories along with V. Gilbert Beers' book The Victor Journey through the Bible. It has been interesting to realize where these very well-known Bible stories fit into other historical events.
We are also about to finish reading The Children's Homer by Padraic Colum. That has been a bit of a challenge to understand, but I do think the kids are getting a big picture view of some of the epic adventures of Odysseus and the fall of Troy. . .
I thought the new Isaiah verses fit well with my sunset pictures from last weekend. Blessings to you dear ones!!
"To whom will you compare me?
Or who is my equal?" says the Holy One.
Lift your eyes and look to the heavens:
Who created all these?
He who brings out the starry host one by one,
and calls them each by name.
Because of his great power
and mighty strength,
not one of them is missing.
Isaiah 40:25-26
Thanks, Anna - blessings to you too. lv mom
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