From the mouth of babes....

Tonight was one of those nights you wish you had recorded so you could remember it forever......

As my two eldest were climbing into bed Taylor asked Jocelyn this question, "Jocey, why don't you want to go to Heaven?" And to my surprise Jocey's eyes welled up with tears and she said, "I like God but I just don't want to die." I laid down on the bed next to her ready to start explaining Heaven to my daughter when my five year old son took over. Here was Taylor's explanation: "Jocey, you die here but you are alive in Heaven! And you won't be alone, your friends will be there. What friends do you want to be in Heaven? Jocey listed off some friends, "Eve and Sophie, Toni and Lauren, Ryley....." "They'll be there if they love Jesus. And Heaven is all shiny, everything is gold and Jesus is there preparing a place for us." Jocey asked, "will there be a trampoline?" Taylor answered, "yes! God is our Father, like Daddy. But He is our Father!" After a few moments of thought Taylor said, "and Jocey you might not ever die...because someday Jesus is gonna come down...I think?" Then with resolution he said, "no I KNOW He is gonna come down" By this point, with tears streaming down my face I was about ready to shout Hallelujah! The conversation ended with Taylor asking me, "Mom, we live here and then we die. Then we go to Heaven and then when do we die?" I was excited to tell him, "When we get to Heaven we will never die but we get to live forever!" He laughed and said incredulously, "NO?!" I answered, "Yes! its true" and he just laughed and said, "I can't wait to go to Heaven."

Afterwards I went down to tell Kris this beautiful conversation I was allowed to be in on. To know that Taylor knows his Father this well and that scripture has started to take root to the point that he knows what he believes. Nothing could be better than hearing your child's faith. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Father!