Ivan and Lincoln the lions in front of their "den" before Daniel was thrown in.
Continuing on with our "Follow the Prophet" theme...tonight we did Daniel and the lions' den. Here is the verse for Daniel:
Daniel was a prophet. He refused to sin;
So the kind threw Daniel in the lion's den.
Angels calmed the lions, and the king soon saw
Daniel's power was great for he obeyed God's law.
Then we read the story out of the scriptures. And as many times as I've heard this story, I saw kind of a different side of it tonight, which I thought was interesting. Usually the focus is on Daniel and how good it was of him to keep praying even when the law said not to, and how because of this he was saved. And yes, all of that is true and good, and I like it. But tonight, for some reason, I was focused more on the story of the king. The king was tricked into making the law, he didn't do it on purpose to catch Daniel, that was the other princes. And when he realizes that by signing that law that he put Daniels life in danger, he feels really bad, but can't go back on the law. But the king, I think, shows great faith as well because he tells Daniel, "Your God will protect you he always does." And then the king goes home and fasts the whole night for Daniel's safety. I just thought that was really interesting, and I wonder, if at least partly, the king's faith had something to do with Daniel's safety.
Anyways, after reading the story, we all acted it out. Earlier in the day I made little lion manes for the boys to wear (somehow I knew they would want to be the lions) out of a paper plate and construction paper. I just cut the middle out of the plate and cut strips of yellow and orange construction paper and glued the strips around the outside of the plate. Wha-la, lions. Easy. The den was made out of kitchen chairs and a blanket. Aaron got to be Daniel and I was the angel. I, as the angel, had a bit of a rough time convincing our ferocious lions to "shut their mouths" and not eat Daniel. But luckily he made it out alive and we sent the lions to bed. Much to their dismay.
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