I’ve got a couple more pictures to post since Daddy’s been home because of the rain. They sure can’t get enough of him.
This evening, Knut left to go watch Uncle Lars’ last regular season football game, and the kids and I ate supper together. Our conversations are so funny, and this time I thought I’d share what we talked about. Silje, the past few months, have had several questions about death. That has lead to talks about heaven, which lead to talks about Jesus taking us to heaven. Today at supper, she asked how Jesus was going to fly us to heaven. Does he have wings? I told her Jesus doesn’t need wings. He just tells the air to move him, and he moves. I then told her all the other things that obey Jesus. I asked her if she remembered the story about Jesus walking on the water. She knew the story much better than I thought she did, and told me how the wind and waves obeyed Jesus.
What surprised me even more was David knew the story too, and told it with such enthusiasm. He then asked me if he could walk on the water too. I wasn’t quite sure how to answer, because I didn’t want to stifle any faith, but I didn’t want him just walking out on any lake or pool either. I told him that by himself he couldn’t walk on water, he would sink. If he held onto Jesus’ hand, like Peter did, then he could walk on water. David then proclaimed that when he holds Jesus’ hand, and walks on the water, he doesn’t want to get back in the boat. He kept saying “I don’t want to get in the boat, Mommy. I don’t want to get out on the boat. I want to stay on the water, holding Jesus’ hand! I want to stay on the water with Jesus all the time!”
His statements really stuck out to me, as I remember the first thought that entered my mind when I first saw David was that he will do great things. I’ve always felt that was a promise from the Lord, especially for David, and especially for me. When he seems to play so rough and get bumps and bruises as boys do, I think…”he will make it; I’m sure he will survive childhood!” Now as he’s going through a really tough phase (we hope!) when he challenges us constantly, God keeps whispering in my ear that he put that passion and determination in David for great things. David’s desire to “stay on the water with Jesus all the time” makes me think that I’m watching God’s plan unfold just a little bit more.
There’s so many things I could post about what God’s doing with Silje too, but I don’t know if I’ll post it, since it’s so much tougher to explain. I’m just so blessed to see God working through the lives of my children, as I pray He always will.
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