04/10/2023
Well, this looks about right 🙃🙈
This past week I was putting Bentleigh to bed, and she expressed her fears about burglars in the night.
I acknowledged her fears and told her that we’ve done our part (alarm system ✅ ) - and that Jesus wants us to cast all our fears and anxiety on Him. So we prayed.
Then she opened her eyes and said “… mom, I know Jesus loves us, but He still lets bad things happen.. even though I believe in Jesus - someone could STILL break in.”
And I know that she’s heard me say those words before - but I was so proud of her maturity to actually recognize and understand how that concept could apply to her fears in her life.
I reminded her that He does allow sad and scary things to happen sometimes, because He has given humans free will. But He is never surprised by something bad happening - He *never* says “WHAT!?! Noooo… that wasn’t my plan! I can’t believe that happened! Gosh, I guess we will just see how this plays out…” - which Bentleigh of course giggled pretty hard at, bringing a huge smile to her face and putting her at ease 🥰.
Thankful that this morning we could freely celebrate Easter, be reminded that we are not in control - we don’t know the whole story - but He absolutely does. (And even though Beckett was SO not convinced Jesus was fully dead in that tomb 😆) - I love how Easter has served as such a strong reminder that we indeed, serve a *living* and good, good God💗.