Katie has been asking questions about being saved and what it means to accept Jesus into your heart. When questions come up we would explain and shortly after I would just pray that the Lord continue to guide her heart to eventually know when it would be time for her to accept Him as her savior.
Last night as I was putting Katie to be she was telling me about how people in the Old Testament would sacrifice animals to God. I asked her if she new what that meant and she said they would kill the animal for God. I asked her if she knew why...she said no, so I explained to her that it was what they had to do to seek forgiveness from God for their sins. Side note (what is funny about this conversation is that Chris and I were talking about this just the other day). Anyway, I went on to explain to her that we no longer do that because Jesus was that sacrifice for us. He died on the cross and the blood he shed was his was of covering our sins so that all we have to is just ask for forgiveness and believe in Jesus and we will be saved.
That was pretty much the end of the conversation....she looked as if she was thinking and mulling it over. She laid down and she said her prayers and I prayed for her as well. Maybe about 5 minutes later she came into my room with tears coming down her cheeks and she said she just did something. I asked what she did and she said, "I just asked Jesus to come into my heart". I then had tears coming down my checks. I asked her, I asked her why she is crying...she said I don't know, I just felt like it was time to ask him and I just prayed he would forgive me of my sins and live in my heart. I gave her a big hug and told her that she just made the best and most important decision of her entire life. We went down stairs and told daddy right away...shortly after a phone call to Nana and Papaw was made. She was so excited and thrilled. She kept saying....I am a Christian now. :)
I can tell you that I haven't had so much joy in my heart for her except for the day she was born. It honestly felt like the same emotions I had when I saw her for the very first time....I guess in a way it was seeing her for the very first time again...this time it was just in her new life as a Christian.
Today...I am beyond blessed and thankful that I love and serve a savior who not only hears my prayers of wanting my children to accept him a their Savior but who gently guides them to that decision. I love that when Katie felt Jesus calling and tugging at her heart that she followed His lead and opened that door.
Deuteronomy 6:6-8
6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Proverbs 22:6
Start children off on the way they should go,
and even when they are old they will not turn from it
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