salvation

Grayson accepted Christ as his Savior tonight! I've been praying for this since before he was born, and am so grateful that my Heavenly Father brought him into His kingdom.

I'm amazed that a 6-year-old can understand Christ. And I don't mean understand a little, I mean that they get the message of the Gospel. We've seen so many of our Sunday School kids accept Him, and I know that it's not us, it's Him.

I've taught K-5, 1st, or 2nd grade Sunday School for 4 years now, and every week I share with the kids that God loves them, and that Jesus died on a cross for us. I never push the kids. I don't want a child to make a decision that they don't understand, and might forget. It's the Holy Spirit's job to bring them to a realization that they need Jesus. It's awesome to see a child pondering Christ, what His sacrifice means, and then hear from their parents that they've lead their child to Christ.

We've done the same for Grayson. We've not pushed, but when he started asking questions a few months ago we attempted to give him clear answers, and his questions have become more specific recently. The Holy Spirit has been working, and Grayson's been thinking about this, trying to piece it together in his mind.

Tonight on the way home from church he told us that he knew about Jesus in his head, but that he didn't know him in his heart, and that he wanted to know Jesus in his heart (and yes, he said that. We've never said that to him - but he knew it). I took his little New Testament and showed him in Romans, in simple terms, what it means to accept Christ. A forever gift. A cross, a grave, and THE resurrection. A Savior, and then a Father. Jesus.

The angels are havin' a party!!

Daddy is crazy happy!

My son is now my brother, and we share a Father.

"that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9