Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life.

In the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Patrick Miller.

Right now we're going through the first book of the Bible, Genesis.

I've been reading Harry Potter to my kindergartner and she is obsessed with it.

It's become a nightly tradition that we both really look forward to, but because she's only five years old,

a lot of it doesn't quite make sense to her.

So sometimes as I'm reading, I'll add in little

explanatory moments that aren't actually in the book,

or maybe I'll even pause and ask her if she

understands what's happening. But there was one thing about the first Harry Potter

book that I never had to explain. Harry's aunt, uncle, and cousin are rotten people. It's just obvious.

When she heard how Aunt Petunia doted on his cousin Dudley on his every word, on his every

action, but that she only spoke harshly to Harry.

My daughter knew something was wrong.

When she heard about Christmases, where Dudley received dozens of presents,

but Harry only received one, She knew something was wrong.

When she learned that Dudley often beat up Harry at school and made all the other kids treat him poorly, lest they incur his

bullyish wrath. Well, yeah, my daughter knew something was desperately wrong.

When Uncle Vernon selfishly kept Harry's mail from Harry and lied about how his family died,

again, my daughter knew this was a grave injustice.

In those early chapters after I shut the book, she would often look at me and say,

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