I'm kinda worried that you all are going to think that my kids and I just sit around having these cool spiritual discussions all the time - we definitely don't!  We are a "normal" (whatever that means) family whose kids misbehave, yell, make bad choices(like yesterday when they were helping me bring the groceries in and were throwing them into the kitchen - the baby food and the eggs didn't fare so well).  I feel constantly inadequate in raising these children that the Lord has blessed me with and mess up more often than I succeed.  I pray often that the children would be drawn to God, seek after a relationship with Him that is all their own resulting in their eternal salvation.   It warms my heart in those moments when God blesses me by letting me see into what they really are learning about Him.  One of the reasons I started this blog was to document those precious times.  We had a couple more this past weekend. 

I picked up AK from Sunday school.  He pulled a balloon (not inflated) out of his pocket and explained that he had found it while his class was walking to the bathroom.  He told me he was going to keep it until he went to heaven. hee hee - at least he realizes he can't take it with him!

Once we arrived home, I took the baby into the house then came back to get the rest of the kids out of the car.  I found CJ & AK in a heated discussion about whether there was such a place as hell, where it was located and what it was like.  Nothing like watching a 6 & 5yo debate like a couple of seminary students!  I almost expected them to start debating calvinism!  Finally, AK ended the discussion by saying "I know I don't want to go there and I don't want you (CJ) to go there either!"  He got out of the car & went into the house.

Later I had a discussion with CJ that went something like this:

Me:  What did you learn in Sunday School today?

CJ:  We talked about Judas.  He was a bad disciple and he went to a king and told the king he would show him where Jesus was for some money, but I don't remember how much.  Back then, men used to greet each other with a kiss on each cheek, but now men just shake hands.

Me:  Your coloring page says the amount of money was 30 pieces of silver.

CJ:  That's right.  Mom, if Jesus knew that Judas was a bad disciple why didn't he just kick him out of the group?

Me:  (Silence for a moment. Thinking, God how do I explain this to her? ) Well, Jesus' whole reason for coming to the earth was to die on the cross for our sins.  So while he could have stopped Judas or even come down from the cross, he CHOSE not to because then WE would never be able to go to heaven.  He loved us so much that he chose to allow those things to happen.

CJ:  (Quiet for a few minutes). Hmm.  I bet that was a hard decision to make.

Then, as I was putting EF in bed (which was a struggle because of the time change), I laid down with her for a few minutes. 

Me:  Did you know that you are my favorite EF in the whole world?

EF:  Yes

Me:  I love you so much!

EF:  and daddy loves me and CJ loves me and AK loves me and AF loves me and God loves me and Jesus loves me.

ME:  Yes, God loves you very much.  He made you and he has an amazing plan for your life.

EF:  And God made you and daddy and CJ and AK and AF and our kitties and the WHOLE WORLD! and the stars (breaks into singing Pwinkle pwinkle witto star, God has made you what you are - thanks to sunday school teachers for that one)

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord. Ps 127:3

-J