Sweet little prayers

I've been reading the Children's Bible to Lily lately and the sweetest thing happened. After reading her the story of Jesus wanting to see the children, she asks me, "Mama, can Jesus come to Roy, Utah? I want him to hug and hold me like that story." I told her, "Jesus is already in Roy, Utah, Jesus is everywhere, in the trees, the wind and in our hearts." And then I asked her, "Do you want Jesus in your heart, so He can hug you anytime you want?" She tells me she does. So I told her, "Well all you have to do is say, 'Jesus, I want you to come live in my heart.'" She makes this goofy scrunched up nose look and says, "Jesus can't hear me." So I tell her that of course, "Jesus can hear you anywhere you are, because he's everywhere." My sweet little Lily Bug says, "Jesus, I want you to come live in my heart."

So there you have it. It doesn't take fancy words and big church services to know who Jesus is. It really is that simple. I want to have a sweet, child-like spirit like Lily. It's so fresh and full of wonder. I can only pray that I can keep teaching her everything she wants to know about Jesus.

Ever since this night we've been reading all the wonderful Jesus stories and she's been praying every night. She often brings up that she wishes that Jesus would hug her. She said today she wanted to fly like a bird up to Jesus.

I love that Lily knows how special and how amazing Jesus is. God's love is contagious. Like a brushfire, spreading to every willing heart.

"Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them. Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”" Matthew 19:13