An Ear to Hear

My seven-year-old son has asked the following question many times: "Mom, why I can't see God?"

So what does a parent say to that question?

This is usually how I respond: "Well, honey, I can't see him with my eyes yet either. But God lives in my heart because I've invited him in to save me from the wrong things I do - my sin. And the Bible tells us one day we'll see Jesus with our eyes. He has left us a love letter called the Bible that tells us everything we need to know about God, Heaven, and this life."

Sometimes I encourage him to think about all the wonderful things in the world that God has created and we talk about the tall mountains and trees - the mighty oceans and the animals and people, God's most precious creation of all. And about how much God loved us that He sent His Son Jesus into the world to save us from our sin.

Then I remind him of Romans 10:17: "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God." I've been teaching this verse to him to committ to memory. He has a hard time with memory recall because he has been diagnosed with an Auditory Processing Disorder. This disorder also greatly affects his ability to process reading, but we are working on that with wonderful specialists.

I just keep on loving him and I tell him the truth of God's Word. And even though he has asked Jesus into his heart, my son often gets a confused look on his face and says, "I don't understand."

"I know, honey," I say and give him a hug. "The more we read the Bible, the more you'll learn and God will help you to understand. It's okay. Mommy's still learning and so is Daddy."

As a mom, my prayer is that the Holy Spirit will start impressing the truth of the Word of God on my son's little analytical heart. I see my seventeen-year-old son growing in his faith in Jesus Christ and I love to listen to him assure his little brother of the truth of the Word of God and how much Jesus loves him.

I listen to my husband read Bible stories from a Children's Picture Bible and then verses straight from the Scriptures to our little son.

Last night we read the passage about when Jesus was being crucified on the cross and about the two thieves who were being crucified on either side of Jesus. We talked about how the one was sorry for his sin and believed on Jesus. Jesus told that thief, "Today you shall be with me in paradise."

"What's paradise?" my son asks.

"Heaven."

Today I want to encourage you to read the Word of God. Read it on your own and then read it with your family. You can read alot of good books, but there is only ONE good book that is needful for this life and for eternity. Know that "faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God." And if you are not sure if you are going to Heaven, listen to the words Jesus says in John 5:24. I've added in the parentheses to help explain.

"Verily, verily (that means truly, truly) I say unto you, He (or she) that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death to life."

You can know God through His Son Jesus Christ. If you want to learn more, please email me at susanskitt@verizon.net and I will try to help you and point you to verses in the Bible that will help you to understand what it means to be saved from your sin and have the assurance of a home in Heaven. After all, we only have one life to live and eternity - well, that is forever.

Live the adventure,