Jesus loves me

Last night, I was getting situated on the couch with Adam to read the last few chapters out of the current book we were reading (The falcons feather's by Ron Roy from the A-Z mystery series) Austin came up to me with a white t-shirt and a green marker. He asked if he draw on this shirt. I was hesitant at first, but then realized this shirt has a small hole near the shoulder and is getting to be a bit small on him. So, I said okay. When I finished reading with Adam, Austin showed me his work of art.


The front of the shirt says, "I love God, and God loves me." He drew a picture of the cross with Jesus on it. Then wrote, "Jesus Died."

This back of the shirt says, "I love Jesus and Jesus loves me. Jesus is alive" Then he has a picture of 4 people at the bottom. Left to right they are named: Adam, Dan (because Daniel is a long name), and Luke. I asked who the 4th person was, and he explained that that is Jesus and he is showing them that he is alive. The 3 men are very exicted.

After this, it was time to start getting ready for bed. As we were doing this, Austin asked if his name was in the Bible. I said, "no I'm pretty sure there is no Austin in the Bible. But, it is a great name anyhow." Austin thought for a moment and said, "That's okay, I'll be in the next one." Being a bit confused, I asked, "the next what?" He explained that his name would be in the next Bible. I told him I didn't understand. So, he explained to me that when he died his name would be in the book. I think he is referring to the "Book of Life."

Then we were off to pray. Our usual routing is that I ask the boys what they would like to pray for, then they each get a chance to pray. Then, I say a prayer that pulls everything together. Adam's usual prayer is: Dear God, Thank you for this day, Thank you for this loving family, with 2 beeeaaauuutiful boys. Thank you God that I love Mommy and Mommy loves me." But, last night he added another line, that really surprised me. His last line was, "Thank you God that you promise to love me." The word "promise" is what surprised me. I guess I don't always know what he understands and what goes over his head. But, by saying that, it seems that he understands that God will love him no matter what.