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| Bible in Stories, pg. 16 |
Tonight we discussed the Tower of Babel, revealing that man's plans to create his own way to heaven is as old as recorded time. God's will was for men to spread out and to Fill the earth but they instead were huddled, devising their own wicked plans, hoping to build their way into heaven. Hadn't they heard what happened in grandfather Noah's day? So God dispersed them by confusing their languages.
Our oldest knew it would be the Tower of Babel tonight so he filled our extra, small cross box with 2 people, a ladder and a map or "plans to build the tower". He made his own box for his brother to open.
The Lego set we got them arrived and this went well with "building" for the tower. They got a small baggie with a few pieces and we took pics on our phone of the instruction book so they could only look at part of it. This is fun because they cannot figure out what it is going to be! (and I'm going to make you wait too.) The ornament is of a ziggurat. The yellow represents the sun or building into the sky and the white are clouds. No chocolate for tonight and we all smiled and sang Away in a Manger one more time and talked about what some of the lyrics meant. At the end Dad shared a prayer request for me and asked our youngest if he would pray for Mom's sake? "Mommy doesn't have an ache," he said.
Last year we bought the Playmobil Advent set which worked out well because it was a castle/knights theme, so for this night there was a cardboard castle to build. Castle theme often works well with the Bible since parts like animals, armor, royal regalia can fit with many of the chosen stories.
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| Building according to plans |
If you are following along with the Bible in Stories - pages 16-17
If using the Bible or another Bible reader - Genesis 11
"Away in a Manger" found in back of BIS Volume II (ii) or hymnal
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