Lately we've been talking lots at our house about Jesus dieing on the cross for all of our bad stuff. We don't really have “meetings” where we schedule these talks, they just tend to happen. A LOT and I mean A LOT of our conversations are stemmed from our nightly readings of our JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE. If you don't have that one, I highly suggest it. If you know someone with children, this is a great investment into their lives and hearts. Many conversations have come from this book.
Here are two funny things Cayden has said lately about Jesus dieing on the cross:
1. We were driving to school the other day and he just randomly and out of the blue told me that he wishes that he could be Jesus. He would love to go to heaven to see God, walk on water and help people. He paused for a minute and then told me quite matter of a factly that although he would love to be Jesus he did not want to die on the cross. 🙂
2. Last week Aaron and I attended a funeral in Houston of a friend of ours. Our kids were picked up by Kimberly and spent the evening there playing their heads of with her kids, eating dinner and doing homework. Kimberly told us that while they were all sitting around she asked him whose funeral we went to and who died. She said that without even pausing or looking up he just said, “jesus”. Ha! Our five year old thought we were going to Jesus' funeral!
We have been reading the JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE (Love it!) too and as a result have had great conversations with our oldest; Connor. We have been talking about asking Jesus into our heart, so that He can forgive our sins. We’ve also talked about how Jesus(still working on the trinity thing) helps us to choose to do the right thing. So Connor has taken this to heart and has decided to pray for ANYONE who does something wrong. The other day at the gym we saw someone who was obviously angry about something and Connor blurted out loudly “Mommy that man needs to pray and ask Jesus into his heart”.
I love little ones! I teach the three-year olds’ class at church. One of them boldly proclaimed last week, “JESUS IS BORING!” I didn’t understand why he was saying that and told him, “No, Jesus is not boring”. Then I realized he thought everyone was saying that instead of “Jesus is Born”. Now, that is the only thing my kids in the class remember: Jesus is not boring, Jesus was born. Love it! 🙂
Love it!
My sister had a long conversation w/ her 3 yr old earlier this year about how Jesus died for our sins. At the end of the conversation he asked her if Jesus died because he got run over by a car.
Note: the cross part is sort of important. 🙂
Hope everything goes well with Deacon today!