Every night before bedtime, we pull out a toddler Bible to read. For as much as I want to instill good habits in Brady and Halle, I often get concerned about things just becoming routine and meaningless.
Last night, Brady proved my fears to be unwarranted. As I’m grabbing the Bible, he chimed in excitedly.
“I love the Bible!”
I applauded him, letting him know how wonderful that is, and that I love the Bible, too.
“And I love Jesus in the Bible.”
Sweet! On top of him loving Jesus, it sounds like there might be more than one Jesus that he feels the need to clarify the biblical Jesus. Of course, I don’t expect he knows that other Jesus’s today are usually called “hay-zeus” and not “gee-zuss”.
“And I love everyone in the Bible.”
Well, now that’s painting a broad stroke. Perhaps we’ll wait a little while before we start talking about Pharaoh and Herod and Judas. But, God certainly loves those people, and I wouldn’t put it past Brady to really mean everyone, including the bad guys.
As always, it’s hard not to wonder what’s really going on in a child’s mind, but I can only pray and strive to have his same enthusiasm for God’s Word.
That was great to read!
A friend of mine preached last night about how God doesn’t just want to know about you and have a good, solid relationship with you. He wants to soak in to you and seep through pores so that when people see you they can’t distinguish between you and God.
It was exciting to read about this with someone who is still so young! Go Brad’s kid!