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i have often wondered something. as i teach my two year old about God and Jesus and the Bible, it almost always occurs to me "why am i doing this now, so early in her life?" i try to imagine being her, and hearing "who made the trees? God made the trees!" and what she must be thinking. "who is God? does liam know? does he live down the street by emma and jack? where is His picture? is it on the fridge with all the others?" i feel like he might as well be that chair over there (and some people do believe that!) do you know what i mean? it seems so hard to me to explain something as BIG and as POWERFUL as the story of our Savior and His Father to a 2 year old, when I don't even get it most of the time. AND YET...
today, aislyn was reading one of kenny's books (you know, the 700 page novels that she finds in our room) and out came a bookmark with cartoon Jesus and some children on it. she got SO excited. "JESUS!!" she exclaims, with more delight in her eyes than i have ever seen. she proceeds to carry it around the next few minutes. as i'm sorting laundry (holy cow did i have alot of laundry to sort today), i hear her laying on our big bed, looking lovingly at the bookmark.
"Hi Jesus!" (cartoon Jesus is kinda waving in the picture) "Jesus, sit down minute! I friend! Mommy, I say hi to Jesus!" Really? did my two year old just ask Jesus to sit down and talk with her for a minute because they're friends? is it that simple? in a way, i guess it is. it was a real lesson for me. because you know what? i don't remember to do that very often at all; remember to ask Jesus to sit down and have a chat. but my 2 year old, who i struggle with teaching the concepts of Jesus, does. the faith of a child. that brings it in perspective for me. who would have though that we would learn so much about our Lord just by having children. and toddler children at that. so thank you sweet aislyn for the reminder. may you always remember that Jesus is your friend and will ALWAYS sit down for a chat.