To begin with, I collected a small number of bottle caps (Scrabble tiles would have been even less work, but I didn't have any handy and just worked with what I had) and wrote a letter on each one to spell the word "CREATION."
Next, I placed all of the caps into a cup and shook them around vigorously, finally pouring them out on the floor. I asked Ms. Spontaneity if they had fallen out to form a word. When she answered that they had not, I offered her the cup and invited her to shake the caps again to see if we could make a word. After several failed attempts, she exclaimed, "They will never spell the word!"
I then introduced a quick summary of the "Big Bang" theory often used to explain how the universe came into existence. She declared that that seemed like a really silly idea since we couldn't even get a word to fall out of a cup! Out of the mouths of babes. :)
Next, I asked her what the Bible says about how the world was created and we took a look at Genesis 1:1 to find our answer.
Finally, I carefully lined up the letters to spell out the word we had been searching for, explaining as I did so that it required wisdom and intentionality to create order out of chaos.
This was so easy to pull together, but I think that it really cemented the understanding in my little one's heart that we are not here by any mere accident. Only the work of our wise, powerful, and loving God could create the wonders of the created world.
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