so now the bright side...ok...let me think....
the bright side is...
- she agreed with me
- i'm a parent who will actually SAY that to her kid (no- i don't think it's "cute" and meaningless)
- and the best one - GOD is on my side, helping me do this. and he loves her even more than i do. i so need his help.
this "boyfriend/girlfriend" business was brought on by a discussion about what Paul says in Philippians about "whatever is good, honorable, lovely...think about these things...and you will have the peace of God"---my total paraphrase. it was our devotional for tonight. this led to her -once again- defending her love of taylor swift music (whose music is filled with boyfriend/girlfriend stuff). i tried to explain that what she is singing about is NOT for 6 year old girls. i went on to say that when you fill your heart and mind with things about God you will have more peace in your heart. i can tell she is so torn and all this stuff is way over her head and she is trying to grapple with it.
the last couple of nights she has been asking lots of questions about the apostle paul. i read to her from Acts about his conversion, his beatings and his arrests. she was BEGGING for more. she was fascinated by why the Paul (and others) wanted to persecute Christians. and also why Paul was persecuted for preaching about Jesus.
we talked more about why Jesus had to die and why she is a sinner (still a hard concept for her to grasp). she doesn't remember ever not "knowing" Jesus. she just can't understand how there are (and were) people out there who don't believe in Jesus and who don't love him with all their hearts. she asks tons and tons of questions and i just pray that the Holy Spirit gives me the answers.
a few cute tidbits...
when i picked her up from school today she was looking for a boy in her class. she said that they wanted to have a playdate so they could talk about God. they drew maps for each other at recess. she said that he told her that he has only read 6 pages about God in his bible (which is really his sister's).
also, from school...another friend told her that God created every person. riley told her that no - he only helped my mom get me out of her stomach...oh my goodness...i tried not to laugh...
how do parents raise their little people without God??
i'm so blessed that i'll never have to find that out...
