Angels are Rejoicing!!

I had the greatest pleasure of any parent tonight. What a joy!

My kids are in the process of memorizing Verses for Camps. It is a wonderful program that our church has in order for kids to earn money to go to summer camps. Our Christian Education staff has done a great job picking verses that can lead the kids to salvation.

Caden and I started working on his verses tonight. Wow. He really wants to understand what he is reading....and the Bible doesn't necessarily always use simple phrases. The verses that we studied tonight was John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." We also studied Romans 3:23, "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Those verse have some phrases that caused Caden to ask me the question: "What does that mean?"

So, we spent several minutes tonight talking about how everyone on earth has sinned....and on our own we cannot make it into heaven. How do we go to heaven, Mom? Well, we ask Jesus to forgive our sins and come live in our hearts. He had a hard time remembering the stuff he needed to say. He asked me time and again what he needed to say. So, as we were saying our prayers at bedtime, I asked him if he would like to pray with me....to repeat after me what he needed to say. He was very concerned that Jesus would still come into his heart if he did it that way. I told him that if he really meant it in his heart, then Jesus would come and live in his heart.

So, Caden and I prayed that prayer tonight. He still needed a little affirmation that Jesus really did do that. It is a tough concept to grasp!! But, we did talk about Jesus now living in his heart....and Jesus would always be there...we just needed to talk to Him anytime we needed to. He had a lot of questions to ask about what heaven is like. But, then again, don't we all. We've only been given little glimpses into what it will be really like. I told him we can talk about it any time he would like.

So, tonight, the angels rejoice. And so does one certain mommy!!