Profound Statements

As some of you may know, Justice has been out of town for a little over a month vising family in Delaware. Of course I have been anxiously awaiting his return and counted every day, minute and second until he came back. We spoke on the phone almost every day and I was fortunate enough (thanks to my mom) to be able to go up and visit him in the middle of the vacation; however, I was still pretty lonely without my little sidekick.

On Tuesday I picked him up from the airport, ran some errands then sat down on the couch to have some quality time with him. Out of nowhere he asked me if I had anyone to talk to while he was gone. I laughed a bit then told him I used most of my cell minutes on him and did not talk to anybody else very much. "You can talk to the Lord, you can always talk to the Lord." he said in a very matter of fact tone. Whoa! I was completely blown away by that. It was such and astute statement to come from a six year old, my six year old.

It was a proud moment for me; but, more than that it showed me that he really is listening and absorbing God's truth. I think sometimes as parents we have those days when it seems like our children do nothing but whine, argue and break the rules and we wonder if we are doing a good job....then we have days like my Tuesday where our children make profound statements and we undoubtedly know we are doing a great job.

Entry written by: Mary Gerber