As you may have noticed, I haven’t posted a Wednesday’s Around the World in a couple of weeks.  It wasn’t because I didn’t want to post, I just couldn’t seem to get the post written.  The last couple of weeks, I have been struggling with migraines, allergy/sinus headaches and even a Fibromyalgia flare-up that lasted longer than what I liked. When I have a Fibromyalgia flare-up, I basically hurt from head to toe and have no energy whatsoever, which makes it very hard to think and concentrate.  I am praying that I don’t have one of those for a while.  It is now finally feeling like spring and the kids and I want to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather we have been having.  Now on to Wednesday’s Around the World where we are talking about Ezekiel, the prophet and the edible scroll.

We studied about Ezekiel a couple of weeks ago.  He was taken as a young man to Babylonia, just like Daniel.  It wasn’t until after he had been held captive of about 5 years before he became a prophet.  Ezekiel was a preist and a prophet to the Judeans that lived along the River Chebar.  This group was able to worship and live somewhat of a normal life.

The way Ezekiel prophesied was a little unusual compared to other prophets.  God gave Ezekiel visions that are hard for us to understand.  For example, Ezekiel wrote that he had seen creatures with 4 faces and 4 wings in a fiery cloud.  One of the strangest though was God gave Ezekiel a scroll to eat.  The scripture says,

Ezekiel 3:3-4

3 And he said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly with this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it.”Then I ate it, and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey.

4 And he said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with my words to them. 

 After everything that Ezekiel had seen in his life as a prophet, Ezekiel has no problem following God’s instructions.  He ate the scroll and then went to the house of Israel and told them about God.  Ezekiel was an amazing man and lived his life out as a prophet.  A lot of the Hebrews that Ezekiel lived with turned away from their idolatry and started serving God.  He died, obeying God while still living in captivity.

The activity for the lesson on Ezekiel, we were to make an edible scroll.  The kids liked this idea!  All you need for this activity is one slice of bread per kid, a knife and honey to drizzle.

The first thing the kids did was cut the crust off the bread and then made the bread as square as they could.

cutting the crust off and squaring the bread up.

cutting the crust off and squaring the bread up.

Once they finished squaring off their bread, they were to write “Oh Israel” on their “scroll”.  This proved challenging to them, because it was hard to write with the honey.  I didn’t have a small bottle with a nozzle, so I improvised and used ziploc bags and cut off a very tiny part of the corner.

Writing on their "scroll" with honey.

Writing on their “scroll” with honey.

The last things the kids had to do was then roll the bread up just like a scroll and eat!  I think this was their favorite part! 😉

eating their "scroll".

eating their “scroll”.

So what all have you been learning in the last couple of weeks?  Did you do any neat projects or activities?  I would love if you would link up and share it with us!