On your first birthday, Punkin, we dedicated you to Jesus and dedicated ourselves to helping you come to know Him. And I can proudly say that you have now met Him! Sometime in August, you and I were reading the your nighttime bible story and you asked me if Jesus died. You knew what this meant, kind of, because of my grandpa passing away a few months earlier. I said yes, that Jesus died because we were bad guys. Then, He beat death by coming back to life all by Himself. And now we can go live with Him in Heaven after we die. I told you that He'd come live in your heart and help you be a good guy, if you wanted Him to. You said yes, so we said a simple prayer asking Jesus to forgive you for when you've been bad and to let you come live with Him and great grandpa when you die. To be honest, it was kind of lackluster and I wasn't sure that you knew what was going on. But I watched for signs of you growing as a Christian. A few months later, you asked me about Jesus dying and if we were good guys now. I said yes, if you ask Jesus into your heart, you are a good guy, and I asked you if you wanted to pray. You said, "Okay! Jesus, please come in my heart and help me be a good guy. Amen. Mom, I already did that before!" OH! Excuse me! Ha! Just so you know, you'd never prayed, even repeating after me, until that first time. Then, all of a sudden, you wanted to pray and talk to Jesus all the time! Now when you pray, we all close our eyes and hold hands and you sing "Jesus loves me." It's so cute!
I became a Christian when I was 4. Well, my mom says I was 3. I don't know. I still remember it, tho. In my prayers for you girls at night, I ask God that you will come to know Him at an earlier age then I did. Well, Punkin, you were 3 years and 2 months!
So this Sunday, we're dedicating you two little ones, Apple and Blueberry. My prayer is still the same for you girls. I pray that you will begin seeking Jesus while you're still little, when the big words like sanctification and propitiation and predestination don't mean anything at all to you. All you know is "Jesus loves me, this I know, for the bible tells me so," and that is enough for you!
