Thursday morning Sophie asked me to "cuttle" (cuddle) in bed with her.
We got to talking and pretty soon we were talking about how Katie and Sophie talk to each other and sometimes they say mean things on purpose and how that hurts the other's feelings.
And sometimes they don't mean to hurt each other's feelings by what they say, but it does.
We got on a discussion of what sin was.
She totally gets it.
She knows what sin is and what isn't sin.
I led her through the ABC's like they do at Amazing Graceland at our church.
A: ADMIT that you sin.
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23
B: BELIEVE in the Lord Jesus.
"Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved." Romans 16:31
C: CHOOSE Jesus to be your Savior.
"I am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6
We've been reading the Bible with her, teaching her about God and His Son, Jesus.
She has listened to us pray and she has prayed.
I asked her if she was ready to follow Jesus.
She said she wanted to but she said she didn't understand enough.
I asked her if she understood those 3 things, the ABC's.
"Yes."
I told her she will learn more as she grows up.
None of us knows it all.
We can't totally understand God.
He is GOD.
"As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways and
my thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:9
I told her I thought she was ready.
She knew enough.
She wanted to follow Jesus.
So there in my bed on Thursday, July 19,
just 5 months and 1 day after coming home from China,
my little girl "prayed Jesus" as she says.
She told Him she sins and doesn't want to sin.
She told God that she believes that Jesus is His Son who died on the cross for her.
She told Jesus that she wants to follow Him!!
And the angels rejoiced!
And Mommy cried!
And we called to tell Daddy!
I prayed for her heart to be open to Jesus!
Thank you, Jesus, for answered prayer!!
So very very special!!! Thank-you God that she did this on this day. She will have many joyous days ahead with Jesus in her heart. We really need to get together at a park before summer is over... love, Ellen Wylie
ReplyDeleteFirstly, I have tears in my eyes reading your post and can hardly see now what i'm typing. I don't even know you, but I will say I know that your baby girl is a sweet beautiful Hengfeng baby, just like our Emma. Right at this very moment i'm uploading a video of our Emma folding her hands and praying during dinner. It was a bit hard this time around, because Mommy had the camera on her. And on July 19th, Emma was our daughter 5 months ago. I remember you just got home no sooner then we left for China on Feb 16th. God Bless you and your family and that sweet little girl of yours.
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