This is going on behind me as I write... I was doing other work on the computer and heard this going on behind me and just had to dash to blogger to get it written down.
Ryan came in asking for help getting a toy out of another toy (one wooden scoop of ice cream from one set stuck in a plastic scoop of ice cream from another set) stuck - I must do this for them 10 times a day (exaggeration, but it is a lot). So, I did it once and he jammed it in there again two seconds later. This time, I told him he needed to fix it. Well, Rylee intervened and this is what I have been frantically trying to record - Didn't quite get it all, but have to admit I got quite a bit of the conversation:
Rylee: "Let's pray. We are suppose to ask God for help. God, please help Ryan get this toy out."
Ryan tries to get it out and it doesn't work.
Rylee: "You pray this time. God can do anything!"
Ryan starts mumbling.
Rylee: "No, say 'Dear God, please help me get this ice cream out!' "
Ryan repeats what she says and moans and groans trying to get it out.
Rylee: "Okay, do it!"
Ryan: "Okay, God do it!"
Rylee: "He lives in our heart. You need to get a bigger heart. Then, he can live in there. He loves us and we worship Him."
Ryan prays: "Please, please help me. Don't be mad, be happy."
Rylee: "God is always always happy. In the day, at night, in the middle of the night, all the time. He doesn't go to sleep, He doesn't take a nap. He never goes to sleep - He always stays awake!"
Ryan: "I can't hear God."
Rylee: "When we open up the Bible, He talks to us. We don't really hearrr(KY drawl) Him. He lives up in heaven."
Ryan: "He is far, far away?"
Rylee: "He is up in the sky - Not a little down."
Takes Ryan to the door to look outside. Mumbled conversation
Rylee: "You can't see Him, it's very far away."
Ryan: "How is He going to put Him down?"
Rylee: "He doesn't go down, He always stays up there."
Ryan: "There are stop signs up there?"
Rylee: "No, only in the world."
Ryan: "Only, far, far away?"
Rylee: "Yep. God always helps you. He is bigger than us. Bigger than mommies and daddies, grandmas and grandpas..."
I feel so blessed when I am able to hear these types of interactions and for God's reassurance that we are instilling a faith foundation. To hear it from a child's heart...Nothing could be sweeter. I don't know all of the plans that God has for our children, but I hope that they will grow to be as bold and outspoken in their faith as adults. I pray that they will take the time as they grow older to ask God for guidance and direction in even the smallest tasks like fixing a toy!! I pray that they will have faith the size of a mustard seed. I know without a shadow of doubt that He has big plans for their lives! Oooh... I can't wait to see the story unfold further!!
