This is the verse "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2"Honor your father and mother"—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3"that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth."
I asked her why she had written this down, and she told me Matt had helped her look it up ("I had to look in the table of continents, Mom!"), because she needed some help being good.
She has a study Bible for kids, and apparently there is a page in it called "How can the Bible help you?", where it lists different Bible verses that address different problems. The Ephesians reference came under the "problems with your parents" heading. I had gotten a flu shot on Friday, and by Friday night my arm was pretty sore and I guess I was a little cranky. She mistook my crankiness as me being upset with her, and decided to go to the Word to figure things out.
Matt told me she was a little disappointed once she actually FOUND the verse, what with all of the obeying and everything. I think she was expecting some more concrete advice, like "make mama a card and everything will be better" which is what she ended up doing.
I'm thrilled she turns to the Bible for help; I'm a little, uh, verklempt that she felt she had "problems with her parents." I totally thought we had at least 2 more years before hit that stage!
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