As I’ve been involving the little guy in my morning routine, I sometimes laugh at what I’m skipping over when I read to him. I’m a bit thankful that he can’t understand my words yet. He seems way too young for this stuff. Gnashing of teeth, crushing of the wicked, etc. I thought Psalms would be pretty safe, but not so much. I can’t imagine trying to explain all of this to him when he is old enough to understand the words I’m saying.
The more I think about it, it seems you don’t have to go far in the Bible without getting to something that most people would find odd to read to a child. Take the children’s classic, the Noah’s ark story. God purposefully destroys all of the people and most animals on the earth except for a small boatful. I know people always spin it to focus on shiny happy Noah and his crew, but the reality of the story is pretty harsh!
Now, I’m sure that some Christian publishers somewhere would be happy to solve these problems for me. Yep. Here it is…the Baby Bible. Published just two months ago.
“This book includes 20 Bible stories, from Creation to the Resurrection, retold by Sarah Toulmin in baby-friendly language and concepts.” (Anyone else wondering how to break the news to your baby about the crucifixion?)
Of course, being the cool mum that I am, I’d like to avoid this route. Surely there’s a way to use the good old NIV?
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