the faith of a child

lincoln has been so sweet talking about God and Jesus a lot lately. last sunday, we were getting ready to leave our house for church and i said, "ok, lincoln, it's time to go to church!" to which he replied, "so we can praise God?" "...yes," i said, "so we can praise God." it was pretty dang cute.
on monday, we were driving home from a day full of running errands... here is our conversation that we had on that drive
L: "mommy- i really love God and Jesus."
me: "well that's good! why do you love God and Jesus?"
L: "because God made us!"
me: "yes He did. and why do you love Jesus? ...what did he die on?"
L: "a cross!"
me: "that's right! he died on the cross for us so we can go to Heaven"
L: "but, but i don't want Jesus to die on the cross!"
me: "well why not? it's good that he did. he did it for us"
L: "i don't want Jesus to die on the cross because that's too sad!"
me: "it WAS sad, but it's a happy thing because it means we get to go to Heaven even though sometimes we're mean or naughty"
L: "He doesn't need to die on the cross for me. that's just too sad!"

i suppose the sacrifice of our Savior's life is quite a concept when you're not quite 4 years old...

37 days till Lexi's due! i've got pretty much everything i need for her arrival- or if i don't already have it, it's been ordered and will be here within a week or so... i seriously don't remember having this much to do when i was pregnant with Lincoln... i also don't remember having so much STUFF! but i've figured out that it's because i didn't already have stuff for another child when i was preparing for Lincoln! it makes a world of difference having another person's stuff to add to.

i will have more the next time there is something worthy of blogging...