I wanted to share some spiritual truths from the mouth of our little two year old on his third Easter. Stephen and I were remembering that Easter Sunday was his second "anniversary" of attending church for the first time. That very first Easter he was almost 6 weeks old, and although some people probably didn't wait nearly as long as we did to get their newborns out and about, we were talking and reminiscing about his early weeks with so much crying (day and night) and so little sleep. We were in denial for a few weeks that our "perfect" baby needed medicine for his acid reflux (and with nothing to really compare the amount of spit up, or crying, or lack of sleep to), but a few days before Easter when he started spitting up what the doctor believed to be stomach bile we knew that we were not willing to 'wait it out' any longer.
It's hard to believe that the two year old little boy that I watched bow his head and close his eyes while we prayed for our lunch this Easter is the same baby that I held cooing and sleeping in my arms, dependent on me for everything, that first Easter Sunday. It's amazing that in just two years we've gone from wondering if we'd ever sleep again to listening in disbelief to our child speak in complete sentences. It's amazing that God can use James' two year old theology and knowledge of God, to draw me closer to Him and remind me of His truth.
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| From gazing... |
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to blowing bubbles.
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| From rocking... |
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| to sliding. |
I wanted to take the time to record some of his most frequently used truths about God (before any more times passes):
1) "Jesus comes back!"
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. John 14:3
2) "Jesus went to the cross."
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.Isaiah 53:5
3) "God is our friend."
15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. John 15:15
4) "God makes my boo-boo better."
14 When He went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and felt compassion for them and healed their sick. Matthew 14:14
5) "Jesus rose from the grave!"
6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Matthew 28:6
6) When we ask who loves him he says, "Mama, Daddy, God
AND Jesus."
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. John 3:16
7) Airplane (or helicopter, truck, car, etc.) go to church too!
24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:24-25
And then this afternoon after I had already typed most of this post, James and I had the sweetest conversation. He had just woken up from his nap and we were looking out the window as the rain began to fall. James noticed the tree right outside the window that was blowing in the wind, and looked at me and said "Mama, turn the tree off." I explained to him that I couldn't do that, and only God had the power to do something like that. I told him briefly the story of when Jesus calmed the storm, and he looked at me as if he was taking it all in. He thought about it for a few seconds and then looked back out the window and said, "Turn the tree off, God." I am so very thankful for moments like these.
