Child Like Faith

  "Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."

The Lord reminded me of this truth in such a neat conversation the other day.  While driving to church, Sam and I had our usual conversation about the things we saw on the way there. "Did you see those cows?  What are they doing?  Who made those cows?" etc.  We started talking about the trees and how God made it rain that day so that the trees and grass and flowers would grow.  I told him that trees needed the sun and water to grow.  His simple reply was "Oh.  Okay."  

That was it.  There was not a hint of hesitation in his breath.  In his mind trees will always need water and sun not because a book told him but because his momma told him. If I said trees need candy to grow...he would have believed me.

This has been the case with several lessons so far.  I've talked about something and Sam has replied "Oh. Okay."  Never once does he ever say, "I don't think so, momma." or "Are you sure about that?" He believes with his entire heart, his whole being.


These recent conversations have reminded me of two things:
1.  That's how I'm supposed to trust God.  With total, complete, unwavering, unquestioned faith.  Because I know God loves me (like Sam knows we love him) and he wants the best for me, I can trust, without fear, that what God says is Truth.  Even if it doesn't make sense or it seems crazy, I should be able to say, "Oh. Okay, God."  I love how God is already using Sam to teach me more about Him.


2.  There is a huge responsibility that comes with this truth.  Because Sam trusts us with reckless abandonment, it's our job as parents to show him The Way.  I can't let someone do that for me.  I can't rely on his Sunday School teachers or a Christian dvd.  It's got to be us leading him in the right direction, because through his little eyes we're always going to lead him the right way.  We're momma and daddy.  And right now momma and daddy know best.  I know he won't always feel this way, but I'm praying that we'll continue to lead both our boys in the ways of the Lord.


I'm so thankful for moments like these where God completely speaks truth to me through one of my boys.  It's so amazing to think that as much as I love them...and I wish there were a bigger word than LOVE....God loves me WAY more than that!  And it's not just me.  It's you, too!

Update through pictures

 This kid is all boy!  He loves playing with planes, cars, trucks, and DIRT!  He's so imaginative and loves telling elaborate stories.  He's very interested in where airplanes live and is absolutely fascinated with them!

You also never know what you're going to get... Usually if a sentence begins with "Hey, you know what?" you're in for a giggle or two.  Some of my favorites recently have been

"Hey, you know what..."

God made the grass grow.

Jesus not on the cross.  He's in heaven with God.  Me in heaven too.

Those are the same match! (which means same color)

Airplanes live in the airport.

We took this picture on the train ride at the Lufkin Zoo (one of the highlights of our Spring Break)

I love this kid to pieces!  Every day he's learning something new, but he's very shy about it.  He doesn't like being put on the spot (like his momma), but I'll catch him saying something and it will blow my mind.  For the longest I thought he must be color blind because I would ask him what color something was and he would just say "I don't know".  Then out of nowhere he starts telling me all these colors.  He even told me Nate's newest mosquito bite was the same match (same color) as his bath crayon!  :)  Such a funny kid...and so much like his momma and his daddy in so many different ways!

 Nate is growing so fast and it seems like everyday he's learning something new too!  He's finally got teeth so we're all happier for that! He also got tubes put in his ears today so we're hoping that will help with his runny nose/chronic yuckiness too. He started holding his own bottle and starting to crawl!  It's so funny how he's more like his daddy and Sam is more like me.  Nate is definitely our laid back baby!

 This picture makes me giggle...they sure do love each other.  We took this at the zoo and the expression on Nate's face says it all.

 Checking out something gross I'm sure...

 The only matching shirt they own....I HAD to get a matching shirt picture, right????

I get this look a lot from him....It's like he's saying "Oh Mom...you're so silly"

 Such a happy baby...he will just sit around and watch Sam act crazy.  I mean who doesn't enjoy that hilarity?

 Big brother "helping" Nate crawl to his toys

 Again, with that handsome little look :)

Finally getting into gear!  Nate is fully "scooting" I guess you could say.  He will get up on all fours then lunge himself forward.  Repeat process until he reaches desired location.  It works for him and he's now all over the place.  When we leave him, he's somewhere else when we come back.