Last night I was reading to Emily out of the "Jesus Storybook Bible". Incidentally, I highly recommend this book to anyone with young children. Every chapter points forward to Christ. The subtitle of the book is "Every story whispers His name." It is excellent.
Anyway, we were reading the chapter about the crucifixion in preparation for Good Friday. She had lots of questions and was especially horrified about the crown of thorns that they placed on his head. Every time we see a rose bush she takes great care not to get too close to the thorns. She is very fearful of them. We talked about the great suffering that Jesus went through for us. Then, she looked at me and these are the exact words that came out of her mouth:
"Mommy, do you think he was sad? Or maybe he was happy because he knew that he was taking away our sins?"
I was stunned by these profound words that came out of my six year old's mouth. They say that the gospel is simple enough that even small children can understand it. I got a beautiful glimpse of that last night. There are many adults I know who still don't get it, so it's amazing to hear it from the mouth of a little one. Oh, that we would all have faith like a child.
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Oh my! That is beautiful. You are such a good mom and I can see that your children are going to turn out to be Godly men and women as well. That is truly amazing. What a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing.
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