First thing we got dressed up in our Sunday best and headed out the door...miracles of miracles....EARLY for church. I got to be Gavin's Sunday School teacher today :) Aren't they so cute? They did such a super job! Then we were able to go out to CiCi's pizza for lunch. Then of course I had some errands to run. I was so proud of all this kids today. They were even outstanding in the restaurant after 3 hours at church and being tired from the weekend!
Cuddling on the couch. Sunday nights and Monday mornings are so hard for my kids. They love their daddy so much that they start worrying about him being gone at work on Sunday evening. I am so glad they love him like they do. Not to mention that he always takes time for them, especially when they are needy!
Sunday night Gavin read the story of Adam and Eve for our Bible story. That lead us into talking about consequences for our bad choices. I have been teaching my kid about good vs bad choices. So, I was able to introduce the word sin and that bad choices are called sins. Then we were talking about the result of our sin in God's eyes. Gavin was in awe and I could see the gears grinding. So I just let the conversation take the natural flow. So we were talking about even one sin won't allow us into heaven. He was devastated! In fact, he and Allison both had tears in their eyes. Once I could tell they understood all that (now understand, I did not preach fire and brimstone...just that we cannot go to heaven if we have sinned even once because that is what the Bible says). Then I told them there was GOOD NEWS!! They got excited. I told them that God gave his Son to pay for those sins and allow us to go to heaven. I explained that all we have to do is know we are sinners/have made bad choices, that we cannot go to heaven because of those sins, and ask Jesus to pay for our sins and allow us to go to heaven. Gavin interrupted me and said with tears in his eyes, "Auntie, can't I pray right now and ask Jesus to save me from my sins so I can go to heaven?" How cool is that!!!!!!! So, Sunday night Gavin got saved and had his name written in the Book of Life. Praise God for his gentle calling and leading!
4 comments:
This made me cry! How wonderful that Gavin ask Jesus to come into his heart! What a special thing for an auntie to be a part of!
I know...it was sooo awesome!!!! Yes, it is so special. The neat part is that Allison got saved two years ago when she was down here :)
oh wow, Monica! I got tears in my eyes too -- thank you for telling us the story. You are one endless pit of energy, babe. I would run away from home after all this time with five kids.
man, that is awesome. really awesome!
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