Adoption Celebrations!

April 21, 2010 Harrison prayed to accept Jesus into his heart to be his Savior! It wasn't until the next day that we found out about it though.

I heard Kennedy from the other room, "Go tell Mom! Go tell Mom!"

It wasn't even 9 A.M. yet, and they are already tattling, I thought.

"Mom! Yesterday I turned into a Christian!" Harrison blurted out with excitement.

"What? How did that happen?" I was caught off guard.

Harrison told about how he had prayed during story time the night before at AWANA. He professed his belief in Jesus dying on the cross and raising again and asked Jesus to forgive him of his sins and be the Lord of his life. A prayer that's both so simple and yet profound.

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Jesus said this, "Unless you are converted and become like children, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven. And whoever humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 18:3-4).

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I think a lot of times it is easier for a child to understand spiritual truth than for an adult to do so because grown-ups try to rationalize truth with their limited thinking. True, genuine, child-like faith is what Christ wants from all of us.

For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Romans 10:13

So last week we celebrated Harrison's adoption into the family of God and Michael's one year adoption into our family. We had dinner and ice cream at Grammy and Papa's house to commemorate both joyous occasions.