This afternoon Carter, Mason, and I were reading on of our favorite books together, "Why I love you, God".
It goes through lots of things we are thankful for like smelling roses, eating chocolate, etc. then goes on to being thankful to God for sending His son, and dying on the cross.
When we got to this page, Carter said, "Look mommy, its like the song (as he begins singing) 'Jesus died on the cross to save us from sin, everybody ought to love Jesus!' ".It was just so neat for me to see that he can connect the words in the song to the picture of Jesus on the cross. I just always kinda wondered if he actually knew what the words on the radio were saying or if it was just words that sounded catchy. Ya know? Now, I know that he kinda understands what the words in the song are saying. Now, I know he doesn't really, really, understand but we are making progress! It was so special. Made my mommy heart melt!
A few pages later, this page came up:
This is the conversation that took place next:Carter: Pointed to the biggest red heart and said, "Look mommy! I have a heart like this in here (pointing to his chest)."
Me: "Yeah, that's right!" and thinking he'd say something like love, happiness, etc. I asked him, "and what is in your heart?"
His Replay:
"Jesus."
6 comments:
wow jess... that brought tears to my eyes. that is awesome!
That is so neat jess!! Sounds like you and Nick are doing a great job at being parents, you know they don't pick that up all on their own!
Oh my, that is so rewarding! Thanks for sharing this sweet story. You and Nick keep up the good work!!
Great post Jessica!! He is too sweet. Keep up the great work!! Hope your summer is going well. julie :)
How precious! It is evident he has truly been taught about Jesus! Love ya! Jane
The world will tell you you have to be doing something "prestigious" or "big" for your life to be important. But once again we see that full-time mommy tops the list of most rewarding jobs.
Keep it up babe,
Nick
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