Week+4

1) What superstition does Billy recall when he hears the two screech owls? Read [|1 Timothy 4:7]. What would you tell Billy if he expressed his fears to you about this superstition?

2) Billy's mother has trouble finding the right words to say when Billy is grief-stricken by the death of his dogs. If you were a friend of Billy's what would you say or do to help comfort him?

3) A little later in Chapter 19, Billy and his mother have this conversation:

"Mama was silent for a moment; then in a gentle voice, she said, 'Billy, sometimes it's hard to believe that things like this can happen, but there's always an answer. When you're older, you'll understand better.' 'No, I won't,' I said. 'I don't care if I'm a hundred years old, I'll never understand why my dogs had to die.'"

Read [|Isaiah 40:25-31] and [|55:8]. What do these verses say about people understanding things that happen in life?