From the mouths of babes….

Hi Friends!  So this has been on my heart a lot as we have looked at starting this blog journey so I thought I would share it.  Enjoy!

Lyndsey (my 18 month old daughter) woke up one morning this summer very upset. She was crying and the tantrum only escalated as I tried to figure out how to make her happy. I changed her diaper and tried to get her some milk but she didn’t want anything to do with it. She just kept crying. So I asked her what she wanted and she said “Jesus Momma, Jesus!” I quickly thought to myself… what? How can I give her Jesus? (Please remember this is 6 in the morning!) So I tried to soothe her and give her other things and she only got more upset. The tears flowed and she started throwing herself on the ground, screaming for Jesus. Yes – she did look a little possessed. I picked her up, trying everything I could think of and still came up with nothing that would make her happy and I wasn't any closer to understanding what she meant by saying she wanted "Jesus" So finally, I put her down and said, “Lyndsey – show me Jesus! Show Momma what you want!” She then stopped crying and ran to her bookshelf. She got her big children’s picture Bible down and brought it to me, crawled in my lap and in her little upset voice, pointed to Jesus on the front cover and said “Jesus Momma, Jesus!” We spent the next part of our morning reading bible stories and talking about Jesus. She was fine after that but insisted on taking “Jesus” with her in the car to go to school.

We should all want so badly to spend our time with Jesus.  

In 1 Peter 1-3 We are told to put away all hatred, lies, hypocrisy, and evil and to grave God like an infant longs for milk so that we may grow in our salvation.  

2 So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. ² Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— ³ if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. ~ 1 Peter 1-3

This is my prayer for each of you today.  So often we discuss the hurt, hardship, and hatred that surrounds us in our daily lives.  I pray we put all of that down.  I pray we crave Jesus, crave spending time in His word, and crave our prayer time with Him.  I pray we all take away a small lesson from Lyndsey – spend time with Jesus.  Even if you have to throw a tantrum to get it to fit into your day!

Love,

Jenelle