Teddy Bear's are BAD!

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 1 Corinthians 13:11

Hear we are again with another of Pastor's metaphors.

On Sunday night, two weeks ago he had a small teddy bear sitting on the pulpit.

He was exclaiming on how people hold on to their sin for comfort as you would do a teddy bear.

He was saying how children have teddy bears for comfort and we need to not be as children, but put away childish things and become a man. We need to put away our sins and become men/women of God.

He kept saying that we need to throw away, get rid of, or put away these teddy bears in our lives in order to make heaven our home, how can we go there still hanging on to our childish things.

I cannot give it justice to how Pastor preached this, it really and truly was meaningful.

When we got home, Julian slept with this on his mind. Yes, you got it...

the next morning he came to me and said he had packed up all his teddy bears and threw them away.

He was ready and willing to give up his teddy bears to make heaven his home =')

Of course I had to contain my composer and explain to him that Pastor didn't actually mean 'TEDDY BEARS' but that he was referring to sin... it took awhile, but Julian understood and retrieved his teddy bears from the garbage.

How willing he was to give up something so precious to him...

all because he wanted to make heaven his home and be with Jesus...

What a lesson to learn from this child about putting away childish things.

The BIBLE is 'a lie'!!

For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. Hebrews 4:12 NLT

Lately our Pastor has been preaching about the Word being 'ALIVE'

(because quick in Hebrew means ALIVE) and Powerful

Living and Active!! He's been screaming it at the top of his lungs, lol

We have been gleaning on the fact that God's Word is more that just a relic.

But what this post is about is Julian's interpretation of Pastors preaching...

I was on the computer at home looking up scriptures and reading my Bible.

When Julian walked up and said, "The Bible is a lie."

"What are you talking about, Julian??" I exclaimed

"Pastor said the Bible is a lie."

Ok... now I was worried, how come this 8 year old thought his Pastor was saying the Word of God was a lie? I knew I needed to think fast and clarify what our Pastor was meaning... but I didn't know where Julian was getting this from. I don't ever remember hearing Pastor say the Bible is a lie. And if he did, I most definitely would have confronted him on the issue ;)

This mommy had to think fast... So I began to tell Julian that I don't believe Pastor would say the Bible is a lie... Julian was adamant that his Pastor 'Brother Jimmy' said it was!!!

it took me a while, but I finally convinced Ju that the Bible was true. And that he must of misunderstood what his Pastor had said... Later on after Ju left to camp. I shared this with my Pastor and his wife.

We laughed and realized Julian was thinking Pastor was saying, 

"THE BIBLE IS A LIE!!!"

when actually he was saying,

"THE BIBLE IS 'A-LIVE'!!"

Yes, my wonderful child and his way of thinking.

*Gotta love him and I most definitely do*

Being Fearful ಠ_ಠ

"For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control."

2 Timothy 1:7

During the winter months and lately, there has been a lot of things said about all the natural disasters accruing in our world; tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and such... It has gotten Julian very concerned and very fearful. One day after school, dinner and a shower, Julian decided to grab his Science dictionary to look up some of these words.  

'HURRICANE'

was one of the words he focused on and came to me with a question.

"Mom, do we live near a coastal area?"

He became fearful that our home would be destroyed by a hurricane.

What BIG worries this young child had on his mind and of course it kept him awake till late into the night... He just couldn't sleep...

I reassured him that we were nowhere near the coast and he had nothing to worry about. 

Then he began to ask about 'VOLCANOES'... He just knows for sure that we are in line of an eruption of a volcano. Ummm, NO Julian, not happening anytime soon. Even though we do live close to Mount Shasta and Mount Lassen, two dormant volcanoes, a few miles away.   

"For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Romans 10:13

I'm just thankful today for the Words of our Wonderful God!!

You can always be reassured by the scriptures.

I began to tell Julian that we need to give all those churning thoughts in his head over to the LORD. I knew that if I showed Ju God's Word it would bring him peace.

We began to pray and go over a few scriptures... He realized that they were in the Bible meant for him and that he could hold onto the promises of God and not worry about things he has no control over.

What a wonderful lesson to learn from a child. I knew right there and then, I had no reason to fret or lose sleep over things that were out of my control... God gave me peace in the time of my storm and let me know to just call upon Him and He would help me to cope with situations and circumstances I was not able to 'FIX' by the power of my own hand.

✿ BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD ✿