Fast forward to bedtime last night. With a heavy heart, I told Parker that one of the teachers from his school, Kathy Albert, had passed away. We know that Mrs. Albert was a Christian. I reminded him that she had been very sick for a long time. Her body could not get better. God wanted Mrs. Albert to come to heaven. So, she did.
Thus began a discussion of heaven and hell. Parker told me about someone he knows who doesn’t choose the best behavior, and told me that he thinks this person is going to hell.
“Whether you go to heaven or hell is not decided by how many good behavior days you have at school,” I said.
“I know,” he said, and left the proverbial door wide open.
“Thank goodness for that, right? Because every person on earth messes up and sins. Every person EVER, except for one. Do you know which one?”
“Jesus,” he nods. Hooray! Children’s Church is working. Good job, guys.
“That’s right. Jesus lived a perfect life, without any sin at all. And sin is not just bad behavior. Our words and even thoughts can be sinful. We all sin. But Jesus didn’t have any sin at all. He lived completely without sin so that he could be the sacrifice for our sin. God knows that we can’t pay the price for our sin, so Jesus paid it for us. And because He paid our price, and rose from the dead and went to heaven, we can go to heaven too! Anyone who believes this can go to heaven.”
“Well, I believe that,” he shrugs.
“You do? That’s awesome, buddy! Have you prayed to tell God that you believe it?”
“Yeah, I did that a long time ago when I was six or something,” says Mr. Nonchalant. “At breakfast. We were having eggs. I prayed in my head and just didn’t tell you.”
And I knew the very breakfast he was talking about. It was this summer.
I’m glad that Parker finally revealed to us his decision to follow Christ. Now we can rejoice, along with all the angels of heaven and Mrs. Albert and all the others who have gone before us.
“…there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
Luke 15:10
Hallelujah!
IN-cred-ible!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow! You are an amazing mom...with two phenomenal boys! I love reading your blog! I'm so glad that I got to read about that.
ReplyDeleteAMAZING!!!!! You guys will all be together forever now. Wow.
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