This past Sunday, we celebrated Sam's birthday (Sept 6) and my Dad's birthday (Aug 24). My parent's are moving tomorrow, and we wanted to have them for dinner before they left, so I figured I could guilt them into taking the evening off by calling it a birthday party... Just kidding! We had a great time and a delicious dinner, if I do say so myself... I roasted a chicken, made stuffing, steamed carrots, Mom made gravy to go on the creamy mashed potatoes.... Yumm, my stomach is growling! I bought the cake from Safeway... Anyway, a slide show of that fun...
My parents blessed us tremendously by giving us a bedroom set INCLUDING a mattress!!! We have a grown-up room now... Matching furniture and a bed that doesn't have springs poking through it! Thank you so much Mom & Dad... We are so appreciative!
Something really neat happened last night with Elias and I just had to share it with you. We were about to say bedtime prayers... I'll give you a script of what happened.
Elias: "Mom, it makes me really sad that Jesus died on the cross."
Me: "Well, Eli, Jesus did that because He loves you so much that He wanted to give you a way to get to heaven."
Eli: "But Mom, I don't want Jesus to be in heaven. I want to play ball with Him and hang out with Him. I want Him here with me!"
Me: "Eli, you can have Jesus here with you. If you ask Jesus to come into your heart and to be your best friend, He'll be with you forever! He'll be right beside you even though you can't see Him. He'll be like an invisible friend that never leaves!"
Eli: "Mom, I want that!"
Me: "Tell Jesus."
Eli: "Jesus, I want you to come into my heart and be my best friend forever."
I wept!!! So amazing... He asked me if Jesus was my best friend, Daddy's best friend, and so on. He asked what he could do to make Jesus stop being his best friend to which I replied that Jesus loves him even more than I love him and NOTHING he could do would change that. What an amazing thing. PRAISE GOD!!! He even told Nana & Papa this morning that Jesus will be best friend forever!
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