'5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.
7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.'
Deut 6:5-7
I always wonder whether Chloe takes in the things that I try to teach her about Jesus. I sometimes wonder whether I talk about Him enough. I like this verse because it tells us to talk about loving God as we walk through life with our children. It takes the pressure off having formal times of 'let me teach you about Jesus'. It should be natural in the normal course of life.
This evening was really encouraging for me. There was a loud thunderstorm and Chloe for the first time ever was quite freaked out by it. She is naturally very brave and so put on a courageous face ('Mummy I'm a bit scared of the banging') but I could tell she was close to tears. I put some music on my iPod for her to listen to so she couldn't hear it so loudly.
A few minutes later Chloe called me again but this time with real tears and said, 'mummy, when the music finishes I'm going to be scared again.' I reassured her and gave her a cuddle. She then said to me, 'Remember Jesus lives in my heart.' I said that was right and He would make her brave. She then tearfully asked me to pray for her, which of course I did!
It makes me so happy to think that Chloe's automatic response to feeling fearful is to think of Jesus. We have only had a few conversations about the Holy Spirit living inside of her so I feel like it must have been God that has allowed that truth to stay with Chloe. I now have a peacefully sleeping little girl :)
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