So, many of you already know the recent obsession our kids have with Sponge Bob Square pants. Yes, I'll even admit to getting a chuckle out of the strange, goofy humor. All three of the kids shout out the theme song, "Oooooo...Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?" and so on...
Recently, while playing "Pirates" downstairs with Isaac and Nate, I noticed that my middle son was paying each of us off with his pretend golden treasure adding a statement like, "One dollar for you, since you're being so good!" I wondered, since this is NOT something that either Saul or I say to the kids, where in the world he had heard such a statement? So I asked him. He just sort of shrugged his shoulders and thought for a minute. Then he looked up at me with those big brown eyes and said, "Mr. Krabbs loves money." (Mr. Krabbs is a character in SpongeBob.)
"Yes he does," I said back to him. I went on to tell him that God says that the love of money is the root of all bad things, to which he replied "Why?". ( This is the kid who loves to hold onto money...loose change, dollar bills, anything. He has even been known to steel money from church. We are not sure how he managed that...we were just mortified when he told us where he got all the money that was in his pocket!) "Well...when you love money that means that you don't love God the most. God wants us to love Him more than anything, especially money. God wants us to use the money He gives us to help others in need." (I am always shocked when I have any response to these life-pondering questions!)
Nate asked me, "Do we give our money to help other people?" Well...we do, but probably not as much as we should! Pretty profound for such a little guy. Who would have ever thought that a silly cartoon could give such an opportunity?
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