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| Myles front and center. His cousins behind him. A family event on Sunday. When he put this shirt on he said, “Really?” Talking about the length! lol |
Many of you have probably seen the excitement on my facebook page through the week! Last Wednesday on the way home, my 8 year old son, Myles, said out of the blue, “Mom, when we get home I want to ask Jesus into my heart.”
My foot slammed on the gas as I drove at NASCAR speed. “Yeah, baby, that’s great.” I wondered, had they talked about salvation at church that night? “What did you learn at Royal Rangers?”
“About fire.”
Hell fire? Did they scare him into asking Jesus into his heart? lol “What kind of fire?”
“The kind that burns.” Smart-aleck “Stop. Drop. And roll.”
Okay, that wasn’t it. We got home and of course I had to let the dog out. I didn’t want to be distracted from leading my son to the Lord while the dog pooped on the carpet. I detest that dog.
I sat on the couch. “Why do you want to ask Jesus into your heart?”
“Because it’ll be the greatest thing of my life.”
Tears spilled down my cheeks as I prayed and Myles repeated after me. Not because there’s a specific prayer or formula to get it right, he just needed some guidance.
He looked up at me with his big brown eyes and smiled. “I felt a chill and tickle in my heart,” he said has he touched his chest.
More tears.
I told him Sunday was our next baptismal service and explained what baptism. It’s an outward picture for everyone to see what happened on our insides. We’re like brand new inside. Jesus died and rose for us, and that’s why we go under and come up. All washed clean on the inside. Just to let everyone know the decision we made.
“I want to be baptized this Sunday then!”
Each night he’d pray, “God, help me have a good baptism on Sunday.” I’m not sure what that meant, but it was beautiful to my ears.
Sunday came and my husband, an ordained minister, had the privilege to baptize our son. When Myles came up out of the water and started climbing the steps, he threw his hands up in victory, Woohoo! It was so cute.
As I dried him off he said, “I had a really happy feeling come over me, Mom. That’s cool. And, I think that’s about the most excited I’ll ever get over being dunked.”
I laughed and cried. Tim laughed and cried. Myles grinned ear from ear.
Child-like faith.
Here’s a video. Many of you may have already seen it on facebook.
God is glorious and asking Jesus into your heart is a free gift. Whether you’re 8 years old or 80 years old. I’m thankful today that all of my family knows Jesus Christ as their personal savior and Lord. My heart is overflowing.
I’m leaving on Wednesday morning for Dallas, Texas to attend the largest Christian writers’ conference, well anywhere I guess. I will be taking a blogging break after today but will be back on Wednesday, September 26th!
If you’re going to the ACFW conference as well, here are some very important tips for the conference. I vlogged them a few weeks ago, but if you haven’t seen them, you can click on the link. ACFW TIPS And if you haven’t already, I’d love for you to subscribe to my YouTube channel! Thanks!
