Sometimes the most wonderful conversations can take place in the car. I often just don't take the time to have them. Yesterday we were on the way to my parent's home. We were listening to a new song we sang at church a few weeks ago Sing, Sing, Sing by Chris Tomlin. Singing at the top of our lungs. All of a sudden, Jack said, "Mommy, I need to get baptised". Really kind of out of the blue.
He had some idea what baptism is, but not completely. So I told him that baptism is just an outward sign to other Christians that you have now accepted Jesus into your heart.
We talked about what it meant to ask Jesus into your heart. That the only way to spend eternity in Heaven is through Jesus Christ (John 14:6). That because we all make poor choices (sin), the penalty of that sin is death(Romans 6:23). That Jesus when He died on the cross, paid that penalty of sin through His death (Romans 5:8) and that if we accept His free gift and ask Him to live in our hearts as our Lord and Savior that we too can have eternal life (John 3:16) with Him in Heaven. (of course - it was said in my 5 year old terms).
Jack said he wanted Jesus to live in his heart and that he wanted to go to heaven when he died. And most of all that he wanted Jesus to help him make good choices and not bad ones and to forgive him when he messes up. I was just driving down the road amazed at this conversation we were having. Jack is so impulsive and sometimes appears very unfocused, but what I am starting to realize is that he is taking EVERYTHING in and understands much more than I have given him credit for. I must also say that salvation isn't something that we talk about a lot in our home. We talk about the Lord to be sure, but not necessarily salvation, so I have to credit much of his thinking on all this to our wonderful church, SouthCrest, where I know he is hearing the wonderful news about who Jesus is each Sunday.
Jack said he wanted to wait and pray when we got to my parent's home. I had the honor and privilege of leading my sweet son - (with my mom and Caroline with us) in a prayer that asked Jesus to forgive him of his sins, and to live in his heart forever so he might have eternal life in Heaven with the Lord Jesus. When he finished praying he let out this huge sigh of relief as if the weight of the world had just been lifted off his 5-year-old shoulders. He had a huge grin on his face. It was a wonderful moment.
A little later on I asked him what he thought about his asking Jesus into his heart. He said, "Well, I think it is pretty impressive that Jesus is now living in my heart."
As a mother, I am so humbled by what happened and so honored to have been a part of leading my son to the Lord.
If there is anyone out there who reads this blog that does not know Jesus as their personal Savior. It is pretty simple (simple enough a 5-year-old can do it!). It is just a matter of confessing that we have all sinned and there is no way we can be good enough to get into heaven. The only way is through accepting the free gift that Jesus died on the cross for you. And if you were the ONLY one that Jesus still would have died just for YOU. Asking Jesus into your heart and to be Lord of your life. If anyone has any questions about this (as this is such a brief overview) I would be honored to share with you more about my Jesus.
Love to you all!
