Emily spent a couple weeks at VBS recently and I have to say, it seems as though both churches really got the message of salvation across. On this past Thursday we were driving home from meeting Nana half way and Emily was telling me the story of Jesus' death on the cross and what it meant. While we're getting dressed, or driving in the car, cooking or whatever quiet time Em and I have to talk, I'll sometimes ask her questions like, why did Jesus die? What's sin? Do you sin? And so forth, just to get her thinking. So I figured she was just telling me what we had talked about over time. But she went on to say she wanted to ask Jesus in her heart so she could live with him in heaven forever. She started to pray but then said she couldn't remember the words so she asked me to pray and then she wanted to repeat. So we did that in the car and I looked in the review mirror when we were done and she had this awesome smile on her face and she pronounced, "Now I have my ticket to Heaven!" I got a little worried that she thought she was going to get some sort of ticket in the mail so when I told her there wasn't, she said, "I know mommy, I just mean I get to be with Jesus in Heaven now!"
The next day she went up and did the alter call at VBS, which is fine with me. We just talked to her and told her now that Jesus is in her heart, it's forever.
I was a little concerned that she is too young to fully understand, but she seems to get it and, as my friend and I discussed, we have to work to grow her faith from here.
I just thought you all might like to hear her story!
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4 comments:
It is so very exciting for Em. Can you believe she is growing up so fast? It is so awesome when the little ones ask Jesus in their hearts, because we are called to have a child-like faith. What a blessing it is to start with this foundation! Who hoo!
Leslie
So sweet and precious!
Isn't it great that the message of salvation is so simple even our little children understand! I remember when Kayleigh first accepted Jesus at age 6, it made me cry. YEAH for Emily!
So sweet, you can imagine the smile on Jesus' face. Hence the song, "Jesus Loves the Little Children." And he does! I'm so glad Em has her ticket to heaven so we can all be together forever with Him. And Tessa now too!
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