Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Jesus is going to go on time out..

I was telling Joe the other day that I didn't think Johanna was quite understanding the fact that Jesus is alive even though we can't see Him (I know this is even hard for most adults to understand) but we know that if we talk about these things early enough then it will be easier to grasp when they get older. I think that a lot of it has to do with how she thinks. So I began to pray earlier this week that the Lord would guide me on how to teach her that truth. A few months ago I had bought a Jesus figurine for the preschool classes at church. He is so neat and he even quotes scripture. Tonight she stayed with me at church and when we went into Joe's office Jesus was sitting on his desk. I saw something click in her little eyes when she asked if she could play with him. And she kept repeating all night Jesus is in my heart! She was so taken with him and she was trying to feed him and put him to sleep. I let her bring him home tonight and she kept playing his voice over and over and it was time to go to bed. So I asked her and Colette to let him rest his voice for the rest of the evening. But, Colette had to push the button one more time and Johanna plainly told her "Jesus is going to go on time out!". I love God's sense of humor and His perfect timing.

1 comment:

LuLu (a.k.a. Cyndi) said...

I got to experience this phenomenon first hand. She actually had me babysit "Jesus" last night while she went to play. She was very protective. But, I think it is great that she is getting that concept. However that may be!