My sweet little Nathan

This morning I have been blessed by the conversations I have had with little Nathan. I can tell that Jesus is working in Him and already molding Him so that he loves the things of God. First, at breakfast this morning Kaleb gave us his definition of salvation. The start of this conversation was out of left field but, hey, we went with it. Kaleb said that salvation is when you can't see someone's body...when they have to go away and die. Rayden and I gently corrected him by saying that slavation is something that happens before you die...it's when you ask Jesus into your heart. Then, as the light bulb went off in Kaleb's head, he added "so that you can live with Jesus in Heaven." Hooray...he got it. Then, so sweetly, Nathan added, "I wish I could be with Jesus in Heaven...when do I get to go live with Him." Fighting back the tears at the mere thought of it, I told him that God gets to pick when it's our turn to be with Him...but our job is to have Him in our heart and be ready. End of conversation.

Then, later we were on our way to Walmart to get some flannel sheets for the boys beds (their room gets very cold at night and their cotton sheets feel "cold" to them so they won't use them and then they wake up at 5 am freezing...mommy and daddy are willing to try anything to keep them in bed til 6:30) So, again, Kaleb starts the conversation. He says, "Jesus can't do bad things because he is just a baby." After a muffled giggle I proceed to remind the kids that Jesus did grow up and become a man...then he died on the cross to forgive our sins. But, he never ever made any bad choices. Again I see the evidence of the Lord's work in Nathan's life as he says, "I wish I could be just like God and Jesus. But I make too many bad choices." I told him that it's our job to try as hard as we can to be just like Jesus. Then when we make a bad choice we have to say we are sorry and then just keep trying. In the way only a 3yr old can he replies, "all this trying is really hard work" All I could do was simply agree and praise the Lord for his patience and the work that He is already doing in my sweet babies!