It is so neat knowing the Lord.
Hmmm...neat doesn't seem to be adequate enough. There are so many words I could use to describe what it is like knowing the Lord.
Humbling. Absolute Grace. Uplifting. Freeing. No condemnation. Rest. Wise. Amazing. But truly it is....indescribable!
It has been beneficial for me to see the Lord continue to shape my heart.
For me to see where He has brought me from.
What He has rescued me from.
The pit that He brought me out of.
The veil He removed from my eyes.
The chains and bondage He so gently removed.
For now I can look back and see that HE has shown me nothing but grace and that HE is the only One who can offer such life. I can close my eyes and imagine where my life would be without Him and it makes me shudder.
So seeing the Lord continually make me more like Him has been nothing short of a miracle and shown me His faithfulness and love and patience with His people. I have such a looonnggg way to go, but He doesn't give up on me.
What could be more neat than that??
Well, tonight I discovered something just as neat, if not more neat than that.
Seeing GOD slowly, but surely mold my little man's heart for the glory of GOD!
Tonight was special for Steve and I. We were in bed with the kids reading books and going over the catechism. Reviewing memory verses and catechism questions. And Noah had so many questions that just blew Steve and I away. His thoughts were amazing....you could just see the wheels turning in his head and he was trying so hard to grasp it all. And we were trying to explain and answer his questions the best we could. Our words fall short so often, though.
Tonight as we discussed 'Where is God?' Noah just couldn't believe God could be everywhere. He would say, "I can't see God and He can't see me because He is in Heaven above the Earth and the Earth is not open to Him." Hmmm....he's thinking. "And God can't be in the airplane when I go to Romania because He can't fit inside the plane. And He isn't in my bedroom because He stays outside."
Oh, we just loved listening to Him! It was so neat to be able to give TRUTH to Him of how much God knows about Noah and his thoughts about him and that HE truly is everywhere....in our bedroom, in the plane, in Africa, Romania, Georgia, Kentucky, Rhode Island and everywhere!
We tried explaining this by having him keep his eyes open and put his hands over his eyes. He said he couldn't see Steve, but he still knew Steve was there. That is how God is. We can't see Him, but we have so much knowledge and evidence that He is right there with us.
There were many more statements and thoughts, such as, "Does God have a house? Where is it? What is it like? How come God couldn't fix our car when that man crashed into daddy? God must not know how to do everything?" Yea....we were caught a little off guard by some of it, but it was a great conversation.
His prayer request tonight (none of this was prompted, just completely out of his heart): "I want to pray that I would know God more and that the people of Romania would know God more. We have to get there quick to tell them about Jesus so that they will know too! Do they have much money mom? Hey mom, do they have build-a- bear's there? I need to empty my piggy bank and give them some money and take them to build-a-bear with me. "
All I could say with tear filled eyes was, "that is an excellent idea Noah."
Nothing better than seeing the Lord move and stir and reveal Himself to our little guy. Amazing! I learn so much too and want to know God so much more!
*Paige was there too...but she was busy seeing how many times she could take off and put back on her pajamas! HA! Gotta love her!! :)
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