Wednesday, March 24, 2010

A Cross Centered 3 yr Old.

This morning as the boys and I drove down to CLS, we decided to play a game. We took turns listing off ways that we see, taste, and experience God's love for us.....

Some of the things listed:

The Sun, moon, and stars.
The Bible.
The Birds and Trees.
A world to live in.
Forgiveness.
Family - Daddy, Momma, Brother and Baby.
An engine to make our car run. (G's class is studying transportation this month =)
Our church family at RBC
This list went on....

Funny thing was every time it was J's turn to list something, he would say the same thing....
"Jesus died on the cross for our sins."

As a recent reader of "Living the Cross Centered Life", I thought to myself....
CJ Mahaney would be so pleased! =)
This made me smile, but brought home a message to my heart as well.

In his child -ness, Jaydon has latched onto one thing he knows about Jesus, and he will repeat that over and over in answer to any question about God.
For him it is simple..... Jesus died on the cross to save us from our sins. He hasn't become overly familiar with that great truth and moved on to expressing what seems more knowledgable or profound.

I want to be three years old again. I want to be stuck continuously on that one glorious truth:
Jesus Christ took my place, bore my shame, and by His suffering I have been healed.
Everything else must flow out of this!

2 comments:

Dan Miller said...

Amen to that! Everything flows out of Christ's work for us...what a thing to be fixated on. I wish I was more fixated on it!

Carlyn DeBurgh said...

He is a good example to us :]. And you are a good mom.