Is that Jesus' cross?

On Tuesday morning, I was driving the kids to "school". Right before our church, there is a baptist church that has a small cross on its sign.

Andrew said, "Look Mama. Is that Jesus' cross... that he died on to save us from our sins?" (This has been a frequent question lately as we drive by church crosses.)

"Yes, it is Andrew." I responded, so excited to hear that my little one is thinking about Jesus' cross and beginning to understand what the cross is a symbol of.

I continued, "And if we believe that Jesus died on the cross to save us from our sins, then God will take us to live in heaven one day. Do you know what heaven is?" I continue describing heaven.... and by this time we are in the parking lot. When I finish my "3 year-old-appropriate" heaven description, I pause waiting to hear how Andrew will respond...

He says, "Mama, will you turn it up?" Referring to the Christmas Kindermusik CD that we are listening to in the car (Yes, this is February and we're listening to Christmas music still.) The conversation that I had been so excited about having with my son was over almost as quickly as it had started.

Andrew's first observation was great and I loved the opportunity he gave me to share. But it's also a bit hard to start the conversation but not really get to take it that far, do you know what I mean? Do you ever have moments like this? You get a glimpse of spiritual understanding from your child and then minutes later they are onto something else... Or maybe your toddler says "no" when you ask him/her to say a prayer with you? That happens at our house.

Here is a link to a brief, yet very encouraging blog post about teaching our children spiritually...

I think I'll be referring back to this one.

Sinking Stones and Evening Devotions

p.s. The Big Picture Story Bible mentioned in the blog is great! We have this and love it.

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