O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
You have set Your glory above the heavens.
Out of the mouth of babies and infants,
You have established strength because of Your foes,
to still the enemy and the avenger.
Psalms 8:1-2
Last week my children were preparing to go to their Nana’s house for the last weeks of summer break. (Our son goes back to school on August 5.) One morning as my son was rolling around in the bed, I asked him if he was ready to go to Nana’s house for a while. He answered, “We have to go to Nana’s now because Jesus will come to get us next year. Mommy, when is Jesus coming back to get everybody?” Let’s just say, my eyes went wide and my heart jumped for joy!
No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven,
nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah,
so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
Matthew 24:36
All I could tell my son was that no one knows the day or hour that Jesus will return. No one knows. However, out of the mouth of a child comes the yearning for Christ. It is amazing. The kid has been listening even though it sometimes looks like he hasn’t. That right there is enough to make a mother happy!
God is glorious and majestic, even in the eyes of a child. My son will be six in a few weeks, but he already knows that Jesus is coming back. Most people don’t learn this until they are in the upper elementary school or in middle school. Out of the mouths of babes comes part of the story of Christ: He will return! Children soak up much in their young lives, and I am glad that mine are soaking up the story of Christ. Just like children soak in the story, so should we. Just as my son wants to see Jesus, so do I!!!
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Dear Heavenly Father: Please give us the heart of child so we can soak up Your promise to return. We run to You just as the little children do. We bask in Your glory and look to Your heavens with hope. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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That’s AWEsome, Laura! Hugs to your son!