We had some great friends over to see the house tonight and to eat dinner and when we were talking it reminded me that I was going to blog about this story, I didn't forget I just haven't had time to write it out, and when I wasn't feeling good I didn't want to take the time as the computer was making me ill.
So Monday Selah and I stayed home sick. I made us lunch and we were sitting at the table eating and somehow we started talking about peer pressure, the rest of the conversation is as follows
(remember Selah is 7)
"mommy do you know what peer pressure is?"
"Yes Selah I do"
"Well , I used to have a lot of it in my backpack"
"Your backpack, really Selah, what do you mean"
"Well I had a lot of things like selfishness, disobedience, and peer pressure in my backpack but Sunday at church I gave them to God"
As I sat there stunned at a few things, 1. She learned this at kids church 2. She understood fully the concept 3. She is such an insightful girl
The conversation that followed was so amazing she told me how peer pressure worked and how it was hard sometimes, and I asked if she had ever given in, and she said things like yeah I played that even though I didn't want to etc. but not bad things. Then it opened the door for me to really talk to her about the fact that she can talk to me about anything , (which she said she already knew) and then she talked about the fact that sometimes even though we leave those things they like to sneak back in, so we have to empty our backpacks again..... Wow.... Wow ...
If we as adults could truly have the faith and understanding of a child, I think sometimes we makes things so complicated when God is saying, "Hey just give me your backpack, Let me take the weight for you , give it to me and I will replace it with joy and a new lightness.
Thank you Jesus that we don't have to do it alone.
In other news:
If you want a good laugh check out this you tube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy-pD-M0rY4&eurl=http://liveasweknowit.blogspot.com/2009/01/another-psa-you-have-to-see.html&feature=player_embedded
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3 comments:
Oh that Selah is too smart for her own good! Well, in this case it's good though =)
Who is that old lday and what is she doing with my TV!!!!
Kids are so smart,it must have felt so nice to have that talk with her as she is growing up so fast.
PS- I took down my previous blog because I thought maybe I was ranting and raving too long about abortion...It was a little bit harsh....maybe I will re-post it.
Jess that is too funny, I know that is my tv too!
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