The Thoughts Of A Child

I love to have conversations with my grandsons. Little Hunter is a real story teller. After his big brother, Trevor, relates a happening in his life, Hunter always follows with his own version of the same story or of a different situation. I try never to be too busy to listen. I respond in conversation and use these times to teach life lessons when I can.

A few days ago Hunter told me that “God’s team is bigger than Satan’s team”. “God’s team has the sword of faith. When we are on God’s team, someday, we will be in Heaven with Him and the whole team.” He told me that Nanna, his great grandmother, is with God in Heaven. Nanna died recently. She was 93 years old and is his dad, Trevor’s grandmother. He has been listening to conversations at home. He was able to figure this out in his little innocent, uncluttered mind. This is an example of the childlike faith that God wants us to come to Him with. He also told me that we really don’t know what heaven looks like. We only know a little bit, things that God said in the Bible. As Hunter seeks, he will find more answers and continue to grow in his faith. Faith is God’s free gift to each of us. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Hunter hears about God at home, in Sunday School, and at Vacation Bible School. God will grow his faith. No one is ever too old to seek and find but when we do, we should never stop growing in our faith and our knowledge of the Lord. He has a plan for each of us.

I wish that I could relate the story in Hunter’s little adorable four year old voice and word pronunciations and have you see his serious facial expressions. It is more than precious! Tears come to my eyes just thinking about it.

I asked him, “How do we tell other people about Jesus?” He said, “We can write it down and send it to people”. I told him that is what I have been doing. He doesn’t know what a blog is but I explained to him that I have been writing about how I love Jesus and about things that He teaches me. I want him and Trevor to learn how to read so they can read my words. I want to share my faith with them and with everyone I love. I want all of us to be on God’s team so we can be together throughout eternity as promised in the scriptures.