Who is God? DAY 3:God made everything wonderful

Day 3: God made everything wonderful

Psalm 104 (just pure scripture not even paraphrased i think it is a beautiful understandable illustration for little ones)

Let all that I am praise the Lord. O Lord my God, how great you are! You are robed with honor and majesty. You are dressed in a robe of light. You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens; you lay out the rafters of your home in the rain clouds. You make the clouds your chariot; you ride upon the wings of the wind. The winds are your messengers; flames of fire are your servants.

You placed the world on its foundation so it would never be moved. You clothed the earth with floods of water, water that covered even the mountains. At your command, the water fled; at the sound of your thunder, it hurried away. Mountains rose and valleys sank to the levels you decreed. Then you set a firm boundary for the seas, so they would never again cover the earth.

You make springs pour water into the ravines, so streams gush down from the mountains. They provide water for all the animals, and the wild donkeys quench their thirst. The birds nest beside the streams and sing among the branches of the trees. You send rain on the mountains from your heavenly home, and you fill the earth with the fruit of your labor. You cause grass to grow for the livestock and plants for people to use. You allow them to produce food from the earth, wine to make them glad, olive oil to soothe their skin, and bread to give them strength. The trees of the Lord are well cared for, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted. There the birds make their nests, and the storks make their homes in the cypresses. High in the mountains live the wild goats, and the rocks form a refuge for the hyraxes.

You made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to set. You send the darkness, and it becomes night, when all the forest animals prowl about. Then the young lions roar for their prey, stalking the food provided by God. At dawn they slink back into their dens to rest. Then people go off to their work, where they labor until evening. O Lord, what a variety of things you have made! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your creatures. Here is the ocean, vast and wide, teeming with life of every kind, both large and small. See the ships sailing along, and Leviathan, which you made to play in the sea. They all depend on you to give them food as they need it. When you supply it, they gather it. You open your hand to feed them, and they are richly satisfied. But if you turn away from them, they panic. When you take away their breath, they die and turn again to dust. When you give them your breath, life is created, and you renew the face of the earth. May the glory of the Lord continue forever! The Lord takes pleasure in all he has made! The earth trembles at his glance; the mountains smoke at his touch. I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. I will praise my God to my last breath! May all my thoughts be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord. Let all sinners vanish from the face of the earth; let the wicked disappear forever. Let all that I am praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!

Art Project: Shaping the Mountains

Verse: For the Lord is the one who shaped the mountains, stirs up the winds, and reveals his thoughts to mankind. He turns the light of dawn into darkness and treads on the heights of the earth. The Lord God of Heaven’s Armies is his name! Amos 4:13

Lesson: God is all powerful He shaped the biggest mountains in the world and made things so small that we can’t even see them with our eyes! He loves us so much that He shares His thoughts with us through His creation and His word, the Bible!

You will need: piece of card board (you can cut from an old box) no bigger than 14 x14 inches, paint brushes, tape, water, small bowl, scissors, craft glue, 4 white sheets of paper, scrap paper, water color or acrylic paint.

Directions: Have your child look at pictures or local mountains and chose what they want to shape their mountain or mountains like. Wad up the scrap paper into at least 4 wads and tape around them making them a little firmer. Tape the wads of paper onto the card board shaping it in to one or two mountains as they prefer. Squeeze 2 tablespoons of glue in the small bowl and add one table spoon of water. Using the paint brush, brush the white paper and over lay it on to the wads of paper shaping it still into the desired mountain shape. Talk about how God shaped every mountain in the world.. Let dry. Wash out your paint brush. After the mountains are dry, paint the mountain in the desired way.

Activity: Sun Rise, Sunset, and Star Gazing

Verse: It is the Lord who created the stars, the Pleiades and Orion. He turns darkness into morning and day into night. He draws up water from the oceans and pours it down as rain on the land. The Lord is his name! Amos 5:8

Lesson: God made the earth to rotate around the sun and the moon to rotate around the earth making day and night. God made the rain from the waters in the seas. Only He could do this.

Side Lesson: This is a great opportunity for a science lesson God’s creation of the universe and our place in it.

You will need: Time (takes about 5 to 20 minutes), possibly an alarm clock and a blanket. If this is a winter, spring, or fall activity it will give you a shorter day and you won’t have to wake up so early. It also may work better for your family if you observe each on a different day.

Directions: Before the sun comes up gather your child and a blanket and go outside, if you are in a city a safe building roof top might be best. Sit on your blanket and watch the sun rise. At sun set the same day go back to your spot reminding your child that God created the earth to rotate around the sun and watch the sun go down. Come back to your spot a little later after it is dark and watch the stars together and talk about the creator of all of these things and thank Him together for His creation and His wondrous plan for the universe.

We just ending up going camping tonight in our backyard and watched the sunset, and the stars... and well uh... we were suppose to watch the sunrise... but after the second time this preggo moma had to run in to the potty, misquotes, and the air mattress completely deflating.... i gave up and carried both sleeping little men in... i know...... i am a wimp. My goal is to wake up early and bring Elijah outside for the sunrise... we will see....

We did have fun though.. funny bunnying, acting like wild monkeys, swinging under the stars, wrestling, hide and seeking, counting the stars, and making scary noises.. i love my boys!! We even talked about how God knew the name of every star... and Elijah said he didn't know their names but if he could name them he would name most of them "wigdy wigdy". ; )

The coolest thing about doing all of these activities, art projects, and story time together is that Elijah always looks up at me and tells me he loves me when we are in the middle of it.... it is like he knows i am doing it all because i love him and it makes him feel special.

Also a very cool thing ......on the days i do the special activity, art project or story times... HE BEHAVES!!! No need for any punishment at all throughout the day!! I think maybe because he is getting that special one on one attention he needs from mommy and also because the power of GOD's word that we are studying. It is like his little heart is getting how wonderful the One who created it is.