Last night I was praying with Caroline, and at the end I prayed that she and David would grow to repent and believe in Jesus.
When I was done, Caroline said, “David doesn’t want to go his way.”
I wasn’t sure which “his” she was referring to, so I said, “What way does David want to go?”
She said, “God’s way.” Wow, I’m thinking. We’ve done something right. LOL!
Curious, I said, “So what way do you want to go?”
Like it was the most obvious thing in the world, she said, “My way.”
I was trying really hard not to laugh because I knew this was a great opportunity for witnessing to my daughter. I said, “Well, I am going to pray that God gives you the grace to go His way.”
She thought a minute and said, “I don’t want to go God’s way. I don’t like him.”
Horrified by now, I thought, well I wonder what she associates with God that she doesn’t like. So I said, “Why?”
She didn’t have much of an answer to that.
So I explained that it’s only with God’s grace that anyone can go His way. I told her that I would want to go my way and Daddy would want to go Daddy’s way, but God gives us the grace to want to go His way.
She said, “But I don’t want you to go God’s way.”
I said, “Well, what way do you want me to go?”
And in that same tone of voice that insinuates that the answer is quite obvious, she said, “My way.”
The other day in Bible class the three year olds were making pictures that said something like “When I obey God, it makes Him happy” and “When I disobey God, it makes Him sad.” In the middle of the page was a rotating smile. Apparently, unlike the other kids in the class, my three year old said, “I think I want to make God be sad,” and she put the mouth on upside down.So Caroline, isn’t the only one.
Jordana – Hilarious! (And comforting, lol.)