Some moments in life give you a glimpse of grace. Toddlers by definition do not emit grace, yet
God, because of his love, sometimes chooses to pour grace into their little
lives. Our dare devil toddler came to us
angry and impulsive showing little grace.
In the last year and a half, life brought its ups and downs. Three year olds can be amazingly cute one
moment and then extremely frustrating the next.
My husband has put our dare devil to bed night after
night. They sing, and they pray. Up until this week, Daddy was the only one to
pray. Dare Devil had no interest in
talking personally to God. Something
changed this week. He decided that it
was time for God to hear what he had to say.
As Angel walked down the hallway a little while later, she heard his
little voice praying on his own. How
cool is that? God was becoming a little
bit more real to our little guy.
We emphasize immediate obedience with a right heart attitude. This has always been hard for this dare devil
of a toddler. He likes to do his own
thing. He has his own agenda. Obedience has been a tough road for all of
us. Today, we were getting ready for the
day. Of course that includes getting
dressed and putting shoes on. You would
think that would be a no brainer. Often
it is not in our home. As I called our
little guy over to get dressed, he came right away with a smile on his face. I, of course, praised him left and right. He looked at me and said, “That makes Jesus
smile.” You got it, buddy. It surely did. We always talk about how God loves us no
matter what, but when we obey, we make him smile.
Our dare devil is learning to understand a little more about
who God is and how much God loves him.
Grace is becoming real for him.
We do not know how long our dare devil will be with us, but this we
know. We had the privilege of
introducing a loving, real God, and He is changing our little guy’s heart.
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