Accepting Jesus

You may have wondered from recent posts how my "Raising Prices" theme got sidetracked with political talk. The reality is that the rules our government makes are highly important in the discussion of raising our kids. If we have a bad government, we have to stand up and say so. If we do nothing, our children will suffer the consequences.

Fortunately no matter how bad a government may be, God can still be at work. Consider what Laura said about our 6 year old the other night:

He was in bed tonight and I could hear him crying. I went in his room to see what was the matter. He said he was crying because he needed a kleenex (we strongly discourage getting out of bed once in it). He said the other reason he was crying was that he hadn't prayed yet so he could go to heaven. I asked him if he would like to do that now. He said he would. We talked about how only Jesus can take away the sin that we all have and that sin separates us from God. He repeated a prayer after me. We went out to tell Dad and I noticed that he was almost glowing. We told him we were very excited and told him that he will never be separated from Jesus again because He lives in his heart now. His face was so peaceful and then he took a deep breath and his whole body relaxed.

This kind of night is what we as Christian parents look forward to. This world is messed up and has nothing to offer us for eternity. There really is only one way to peace and to heaven and it is through Jesus Christ. Now regardless of the crapola faced on this earth, my son will enjoy an eternity completely crap free. What could be better than that?