Be Salty
I had the following conversation with my youngest (3.5 years old) the other day, and I thought I would share it with you because it got me thinking: Jo: Mommy, I don't want to go to heaven. Me: (surprised, because we have had a lot of good conversations about heaven since my dad passed) Why? Jo: Because Salt is there. Me: Salt?...Do you mean Satan? (We had just been talking about Satan the day before). Jo: No, Salt! Me: ...Do you mean King Saul? Jo: Yeah. I'm scared of him. Me: You don't have to be afraid of him. Jo:...Will our house go to heaven when we die? Me: No, we will have a new house in heaven. Jo: Will there be guns in our new house? Me: Why do you want guns? Jo: So we can kill Salt. Me: We won't need to kill him. If he is in heaven that means he is a good guy because he is with Jesus. The following day Jo told me that he wasn't scared to go to heaven because of Salt anymore. The fear of salt is called halophobia, and apparently Jo is cured now. This co...