Aug. 29, 2006
Some Very Exciting News!
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Was that subject line enough to pique your interest???!!!
On Thursday afternoon, about an hour before we left for Canada, Laura comes downstairs from her quiet time and says to me all shy and happy "Mom, guess what, when I was in my special room I got my name written in Jesus' book!" I asked her what she meant and she said that she asked Jesus to be her Saviour. I asked her how she did that and she said that she prayed and asked Jesus to forgive her of her sins. I talked with her a bit more to make sure that she knew what she was talking about and all, and it appears that she was genuine and that she knew what she was doing.
We have obviously talked about this in the past in various ways and in various situations, so I know that she knew in her head about salvation. I would periodically ask her if she wanted to pray and ask Him, but she never wanted to. So I had told her that whenever she was ready she could pray and that Giff or I could help her if she wanted.
Anyway, when we were at my parents house I had found this book called "Wendy and Brian and the Hurt Puppy". It was a book I had as a kid and is the story of 2 siblings and their lives and how they accept Christ and the salvation message specifically comes through several times in different ways throughout the book. Over the past few weeks I have been reading it to Jared and Laura. On Thursday after lunch I read the last 2 chapters of the book to them. When I was done, Laura asked if she could take it upstaris with her for her quiet time. I though that she just wanted to read it for fun to herself since she really liked the book. But I guess while she was reading it, it really influenced her and she prayed while she was up there. One of the ways that the book talks about Salvation is by explaining about the Book of Life - which is why she was talking about getting her name written in Jesus' book.
After talking with her a bit, I told her that today was kind of like her birthday and talked about the difference between your physical birth and your spiritual birth. Then her eyes light up and she says "Can we make a birthday cake?". Well, I couldn't say no to that one, but since we didn't have time to make a birthday cake before we left, we went to the grocery store and bought a cake on the way out of town. Then after arriving at the hotel we all had a piece of cake to celebrate Laura's spiritual "birth" day. The next night after arriving at the cottage we enjoyed some more cake (and ice cream too) while celebrating with Grandma and Grandpa!
And to Mom and Dad - I hope you have been enjoying the rest of that ice cream!
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Posted by Aug. 30, 2006 - We celebrate with you!!
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Posted by Sep. 2, 2006 - That's Awesome!
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