Sweetened-Condensed
Are you familiar with sweetened, condensed milk? I have four cans of it sitting in my pantry, probably well past their expiration date, because I rarely use it. But I love the idea of it. Extra sweet, and packed into a small can. Sweetened...condensed. This reminds me of the first Bible I ever had. It was a big one that filled my entire lap and had colorful pictures but the scriptures were just like that can of milk...sweetened and condensed. Important stories were retold in a way that a young child would understand and enjoy. I'm sure the writers meant well, but now that I'm an adult, it almost feels like a disservice. Please hear me out on this. I'm not saying we shouldn't begin exposing our children to the stories in the Bible at a young age. That's very important, because as we are told in Proverbs 22:6 to " Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." I was defini...