Recently Noah and daddy curled up in their leather chair to partake in their nightly routine of eating an orange. This night, instead of being content with just eating (and Noah is always content with eating) he climbed down and scurried off to his room. Much to our delight, he walked in carrying his little blue Bible (yes, like the ones the Gideons give out). He climbed back up in the chair, opened his Bible and read aloud about "Zhesus". May I add that the Bible was upside down? After a few minutes of reading, he closed the Bible and said "bye-bye Zhesus". Being the prepared mother I am (snicker), I sat down and reminded him that Jesus doesn't live in the Bible, he lives in our hearts. I pointed to his heart as I continued to tell him that when we close our Bible we aren't saying bye-bye to Jesus, he is always with us. On and on I went, trying my best to explain salvation to my 21 month old son. He listened eagerly with a very intuitive look in his eyes...he was getting it! I eagerly awaited his response. Then it came: "Noah's ba-ket-ball?" At least I tried, right!? The following morning we were getting Kayt dressed and Noah leaned down into her sweet gaze, pointed to his belly and said "ZHESUS!" He proceeded to point to his head, ears, and feet stating "ZHESUS!" with each bodily point. Maybe he did understand. Maybe he knew before I told him; blessed are the pure at heart for they shall see God.
Noah may have been reminded of our sweet Jesus, but I was reminded of something as well. The Lord does live in our hearts if we allow him. But also his goodness should be in the thoughts on which we ponder, his favor in the words we allow our ears to hear and we should take his grace and peace to all the places our feet carry us.
Thank you Noah! Mommy's ba-ket-ball?
7 comments:
I love this! We've had similar moments with Ella. Every night before bed she says, "Go tell Jesus night night." Then after we pray she says, "Amen Jesus. Night night Jesus. I love you Jesus." And sometimes in moments of frustration she'll say, "It's ok. Jesus help Ella." Faith like a child right? Melts my heart.
Look at your little man, already telling his baby sister about "Zhe-sus!" I think oranges and Jesus are an awesome combination too.
I love seeing my adorable niece and nephew! Thanks for creating a blog so we can keep up with our family that we miss so much! I can't wait to hear what Noah has to say to Taba and TyTy. See you soon! :)
What a cute story! A good reminder for us all!
I enjoyed your stories and I didn't see any misspelled words, so keep on writing :-)
What a great story! I love his cheesy smile too.
sweet, Hopefuly he will learn more about "Zesus" and become a child of God.(If you keep on teaching him hel'l be saved by the time he's three)
Ashley, welcome to blogland! You are going to love this journey and I am going to love it that I can keep up with your precious family more easily:) Adding your link to mine right now...
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