Those words are music to a mother's ears. My little girl asked me last night how to be "saved". Her father and I talked very gently with her, because she is so young.

She said, "I want Jesus to forgive me. I want to see Him. I know He is God." I get goose-pimples just typing that! I know some parents who won't talk about things like that and just say, "You're too young to talk about that right now, you've got to be older before you 'get saved'." But her dad and I have a policy to always affirm the children's little steps of faith, while praying they lead to bigger ones.

Her dad is so gifted when he talks to her or her brother about God. We helped her pray, and she was so sincere with her little face all crumpled and eyes tightly shut as she whispered a prayer to Jesus. She woke up this morning and said, "i dreamed about saying those special words to Jesus to get saved!"

Our son did the same thing at a young age. We didn't discourage him when he would say, "I want to get saved." When he would ask, so would we. Everytime this happened, it would be a teaching moment to talk about what the Bible says, what Jesus did for us, and how to respond. Just over a year ago, my little boy gave his heart and life to Jesus and was baptized. And now our sweet little girl is asking.

I don't know what the future holds for my children. I do know that God will watch over them. All the credit for my children being interested and tender so young towards God is directly attributable to His family plan. Our choice as a family to follow what the Bible teaches has blessed us immeasurably.

I vividly remember when my first child was but an infant, when I began  praying about what God wanted me to do with the rest of my life. I had big plans for the day sonny-boy went to school. I just knew God would give me a big job in the church or on the internet!!

Big it was--He just kept bringing me back to what He already made plain for women to do in His word. Be my husband's "help-meet". Be a Godly mother. Be a keeper at home, be sober, chaste, discrete, good, meek, of a quiet spirit. [still struggling with those last four!] Be willing to serve my family as God has already revealed in His word. Specifically, we were "led" to homeschooling. While not commanded in Scripture [as in, "Thou shalt homeschool," or conversely, "Thou shalt not public school"], we knew after prayer and much study that this was the right choice for our family. It certainly wasn't my first or second choice, but it has been a great blessing to our family and now, I concede, to me personally.

More than my children being recpetive to the message of the Gosepl, or my already awesome-husband becoming even more so, I can see definite benefits in my life by our choice to build our home on the Bible's teachings. Being a "keeper at home" and being submissive to my husband were the two most frightening phrases in my vocabulary immediately before and the first year after our wedding. But God has changed my mind. His promises and commands are precious, sure, for our benefit, and bring praise to Him. My life has been forever changed for the better because of two choices--to repent of my sins and accept Jesus as Savior and Lord,  and then to obey Titus 2.

Such choices aren't popular. Have any of you had negative reactions by your choice to be a Titus 2 woman and/or homeschool? What blessings have you received? From Christians? How did God help you to handle it? What verses/stories from the Bible helped you? I'd be interested in your stories--please leave a comment or a link to a specific blog entry that you may want to share.Thanks!