Angels Rejoicing

We have talked about many very personal things on the blog, but none so personal as this. We have talked about how we have heard from people that something they read here influenced their decision for Christ and have shared how multiple times we have said "Lord, if this person coming to Christ was the reason for all of this suffering then we praise You for it." As much as those have meant to us, none have meant so much as this.

As we were driving in the truck Sunday evening, 7 year old Sarah was reciting John 3:16. Her verse: "For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall have eternal life." After her reciting it while driving home we sat in the truck in our driveway and talked about what it meant. We had a very adult conversation and I was proud of her understanding of scripture far beyond just this verse.

Fast forward 24 hours. Monday night she was working on memory verses again and again we talked about what they meant. In that she said, somewhat in passing, "like I did..." I wasn't sure I heard it right and in fact wasn't sure she knew what she was saying so I let it go.

Fast forward another 24 hours. Tonight I pulled her up on the couch with me and asked her what she meant when she said "like I did..." last night. She proceeded to share with me about sin, about how a perfect Christ died on the cross to carry our sin away from God and how asking Christ into your life means you will have God in your life forever and have forever life with God in Heaven after you die. She shared with me about talking to Jesus and asking Him into your heart. When I asked her again about what she meant when she said "I did that" she said "I asked Jesus into my life the other night, after we talked in the truck, while brushing my teeth."

Lots of things make a parent proud. I cannot imagine that anything can make a parent prouder. The Bible says angels in Heaven rejoice when a soul comes to Christ. I know that, in addition to the angels there, so is Mommy!