POST CATEGORY : Remembrances

Jesus Won’t Return During Ballet Class!

Sometimes our four-year old daughter, Ladybug, thinks about deep things just before going to sleep. I had a funny conversation with her last night while I was tucking her in…

LADYBUG  :        Daddy, do you know that Jesus is going to come back again?

DADDY       :        I do.

LADYBUG  :        He’ll come down from heaven and will go up to the sky!

DADDY       :        What made you think about that?

LADYBUG  :        AWANA. But Jesus won’t come back today, right?

DADDY       :        We don’t know. It could be today, or tomorrow, or years and years.

LADYBUG  :        But probably not tomorrow. I have ballet class.

DADDY       :        Oh, Jesus won’t come during ballet?

LADYBUG  :        Nope.

So there you have it, Jesus’ return won’t be during ballet class. I love to hear how her little mind processes things!

My Son is Learning to Pray (Sort of)

Buddy is almost 3 years old, and lately he’s been asking if he can pray at meals and bedtime. He’s not quite sure how it works and often he just sounds like he’s mumbling (sometimes for a long period of time). But I can usually make out some of what he says. He thanks God for me and mommy, for each of his sisters, for grandma and papa, for grandma and tata, for Nero (our dog), and whatever else he thinks of in the moment.

Some of his prayers are more memorable (to me!) than others. This is part of Buddy’s prayer that my wife sent me around lunch time today:

Thank you God, and Jesus, for Nero, and John, and chicken nuggets, and sauce. Amen.

Maybe not the stuff of spiritual giants, but I do love to hear his prayers and see the beginnings of a childlike faith!