Though I haven't yet finished my master's degree in Biblical counseling, I seem to do a lot of free counseling in our living room. Those who need it just have to take into account that I have three children, who wander in and out freely, watching wide-eyed as big people sniffle and sob now and then. I figure that, for the most part, my kids are still small enough not to "get it" most of the time.
Well, most of the time. Yesterday Anaya came to me, once again playing a game in which she featured as an imaginary person. "Mommy, Sethie and I have no home! We need to come live in your house."
"I already have children," I informed her. "You'll have to ask Jesus to send you a home..."
"But I don't know about Jesus," she countered. "I need to come to live in your house so I can learn about him. I need," she hesitated, apparently struggling with her expanding vocabulary, "a 'lationship. You see," she continued, "once there was a little girl who didn't have a 'lationship with Jesus. So her parents gave her a 'lationship. Then she had a 'lationship. And then she got to have a 'lationship with Jesus, too."
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Kids pick up so much! Even at 13 months Isabella is a little sponge. It is cute, but also makes me think before I speak or do things. Or after I speak sometimes I feel bad, because I realize I shouldn't have said it.
Hi Nicole! I'm so glad we have internet again, so I can lurk around your blog again. I've linked to your blog in my sidebar now too! Love to the brood of kiddies and to Alan! xxx
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