Lots of questions here lately.

Annie and I have been enjoying a wonderful book together, Leading Little Ones to God. After one of the chapters, she told me she wanted Jesus to live in her heart and so prayed, all by herself, while I listened. There have been a few points that seem to really stick with her lately; the idea of constant love no matter how we behave, the idea that God can help us do things we don't feel like doing, and the joy of being grateful.

When she opened a popsicle, hoping for a green one, and saw it was indeed green, she yelled, "Thank you Jesus!" When she wiggled free from Jeff's hand in a parking lot she began to cry in the backseat when we delivered her consequence. In between sobs, she asked, "Did I sin?" At bedtime that night, she said she could pray by herself, and she began: "Dear Lord Jesus, please clean up my heart. (Long pause) Thank you very much. Amen." And when we read the chapter on the holiness of God, Anna stopped me mid-sentence in her bubble bath and prayed, "Dear Lord Jesus, make me holy. (Again, long pause) Thank you very much."

She's very confident in when she prays, a good example for her me. One time, I remember asking her if she loved Jesus and she answered truthfully, "No. I don't love Him." I suggested we could pray about that and she took the lead, praying right then and there. After the amen, she opens her eyes wides and says, "I love Him now!" She cracks me up.