God walking down in my heart....

This week has been long in some ways, and then beautiful and glorious in others. Luke is a fiery three year old who has a zest for life and while so so stubborn , is so tender at times too.( lately I have been praying for God to remind me of those times more often as it has been a battle zone around here!) Needless to say, Luke has been disobedient. a LOT. So daily, I have been praying for his little heart to know how to show love to his mommy and daddy. Tim and I have had many opportunities to talk about being Godly and what that looks like through simple hard situations like sharing toys to friends......(a HUGE one) it has taken a while, but Luke has started asking a lot of questions about life. When his friends Bo and Mary Susan share, he has used them as examples over and over again as friends who are Godly-or in his terms, someone who shows love to him by sharing. His other friend Eli, shares his toys all of the time with him when we go to Nashville to visit without hesitation. He continues to notice that these are people he thinks are Godly and showing kindness. We are thankful. 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 says " be on your guard, STAND FIRM in the faith, BE men of courage....be strong...do everything in love." We have sung this from the seeds family worship cd this summer. Every time the sound is over, Luke asks, "what does it mean to be men of courage?". His heart is turning. It is being shaped in Gods perfect timing. He is learning to be a really good sinner like his mommy and daddy. He is learning with us how to forgive. How to love. How to move forward. We had really fun family time last night. We stayed up and watched swimming and gymnastics, cheering for " Michael felts" and Ryan lochte, and mimicking the gymnasts by walking on his hands to bed. Tim went in to read a bible story before bed like they always do. eXCEPT.....tonight was different. Tonight was very special. They read about the money changers being thrown out of the temple- and talked about how Jesus is the new temple and can reign in us now because Jesus died on the cross- Luke started asking lots of questions to Tim. Admitting that he was not godly this week to his mommy or his friends. "yeah, I'm bad sometimes." " Jesus still loves me when I'm bad right?" Tim told him that he had Jesus in his heart and because of that he is forgiven always for his sins. So is mommy. I was still watching Olympics at this point until Luke came in the living room and told me that I need to come in his room for a few minutes. " my daddy and I were talking about Jesus and I want to ask him into my heart" Sure enough, he told us both that he loved God and wanted to be better and have him in his heart. So we prayed with him and he accepted Christ to be his personal savior. 1 Timothy 4:12 Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example to the believers....". Luke at three knows truth better than I. Having faith like a child teaches you MUCH. When we were done praying, Luke puts his hand over his heart and says, " is that God wiggling in there?" I can't help but smile as my son is a child of God, and that he is going to be used in MIGHTY ways....even if he is stubborn. Even if he is disobedient at times. He has a plan and is not going to waste it. We tucked Luke in bed, and went out of the room. A few minutes later, we heard Luke shout from his bed, " Hey daddy! Is God walking down in my heart right now? Do you think he is going to go into my belly?" July28,2012. Praise be to the Lord!