JP is actually listening...well, sometimes....
Sunday at church during the children's sermon Pastor Bill asked the children what was the only way to Heaven? The children (at least most of them) quickly replied, "You die." Of course we adults got a huge kick out of that. We knew the answer that he was looking for, but children are quite literal so they gave him an incorrect correct answer. As he went on to explain more about Jesus and what he did on the cross and through is resurrection so that we could spend eternity in Heave with God he asked the children where Heaven was and my sweet, shy JP who never speaks up said, "Straight up." I was unaware that it was him until the end of the service so you can imagine my surprise when Rachel told me. What a stinker!!!
Monday morning Shelby was walking around the house pretending like she was dead, but she could walk. I think that she might have said the word zombie but part of me can't believe where she would have heard that word so I am not sure. At any rate, she made a comment about walking around dead. JP said, "Everyone walks around dead." So I told JP that there was no such thing as dead people walking around. And without missing a beat he said, "Yes mom, we are all dead in our sins." HOLD UP!!! Did he just say that?!?!?! was the response in my head but what I said was, "You are right JP; you are so right. How do we become alive?" He replied, "God makes us alive." Then I asked him what God did so that he could make us come alive. And he said, "Jesus died on the cross." Bingo!!! So impressed that he seems to be getting it:)
All this time I supposed everything went in one ear and out the other, but somethings are actually sticking.
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