Nothing swells a man’s heart than when his children are born again by God through the Lord Jesus Christ. Last Sunday I had the privilege to baptize my second daughter. (Cady was baptized last fall) Grace’s little heart is so sweet and her story of salvation is just as awesome.
A few months back I went into Grace’s room to check on her and she was crying. When asked why she was upset, she said that she was a sinner and was going to hell. Of course, a five-year-old giving this explanation was a bit shocking so I pried a little more. Cady, her older sister came to faith at a teaching event in North Carolina a year before and had been sharing about salvation with her sister. Cady had given a basic explanation of sin and Christ’s redemption for our sin on the cross and the response was that Grace was now dealing with Godly 
sorrow.
“Why do you believe you are a sinner, Grace.”, I asked.
She replied, “Lying, hitting, disobeying, talking back, and choking people!”
Choking people huh? “Yes Daddy, Cady chokes people and that’s a sin.”
While humorous, she had a contrite spirit over what she understood as sin. As we spoke and I explained Jesus’ purpose on Earth and on the cross, in her own little words, she expressed belief that she knew Jesus paid for her sins and she couldn’t be good enough to go to heaven on her own. A few weeks later she began to talk about baptism.
That day was last weekend and it was the second child I have been able to baptize. Grace’s reason for baptism was simple, “I want to show everyone that I am saved and Jesus is my boss.” Why is it that most of us ‘old’ folks can’t get that? It’s like the words of Christ, “Unless you become like little children, you cannot inherit the Kingdom of God.” It is that simple understanding of truth that children have such an advantage over us. Our dependence on Christ should be whole and pure. We should truly rest like a child at His feet.
Robyn and I are blessed.
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