The Gift of Salvation

August 27, 2008.

This day would have been just another day, maybe even a grouchy one because the kids have leaky noses and it's been rainy, and these 2 combinations make a depressed mom.

But this day turned out to be the climax of my parenting so far. After putting Lauren to sleep, Christen and I read People, by Peter Spier - a really well- written and illustrated book that describes all kinds and types of people in the world, and helps children to appreciate the diversity of cultures, skin colors, and religions of people.

So we were looking at the page on different religions and myriads of gods that people worship, and Christen said, " We must only worship the one true God! We cannot worship other idols!" We had sung the 10 commandments and so she said that.

Something in me just told me to take out the evangecube and share the gospel with her and to ask her if she would like Jesus to come into her heart and life. As we went through the evangecube, she understood it because we've talked about it in devotions. Finally, when I asked her if she wanted to pray and ask Jesus into her heart, she said yes! I told her it's very serious, and asked her if she knew she had sin. She said she knew she did have sin and wanted Jesus into her heart. We knelt down by our red couch and prayed the sinner's prayer, right there in our living room!!! Yippeeee!!!! I had the privilege of bringing my daughter before the throne of God!

We celebrated her decision with dinner at Ikea and a chocolate mousse. :)

It was so heartwarming when Christen told her Daddy about what had happened, and she said, " It's very serious."

As I reflect on what happened, I'm again reminded about how Jesus said that the kingdom of God belongs to the little children. They don't ask tons of questions, they're not skeptical, they're not jaded, they just believe. It was almost anti-climatic. I didn't have to persuade her to believe it, she just did because of the seeds that have been planted.