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My Favorite First...so far

I have made many mistakes in my life.  I have gotten a lot of things wrong, missed opportunities, missed chances, made bad choices, and done harmful and hurtful things.  But tonight, I saw fruit of at least something I'm getting right in this life.

Each night, when I take Thomas to bed, we read a short Bible story and then after lights out we say our prayers.  I usually say the "first one" where I pray a typical adult prayer thanking God for what He's given us and asking Him to be with those we love.  And then Thomas will finish it up by saying his "second one" which will have a familiar ring to many:

"Now I lay me down to sleep.  I pray the Lord my soul to keep.  If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take."

But tonight he told me that he had a different one.  I'm slightly fearful at this point given his mouth sometimes but at least no one in public will hear it lol.  He then proceeds to talk to God.  Let that sink in a minute.  Our 4 year old son talked to the Creator of the universe, his Maker, big 'G' God.  He thanked him for letting us see the baby rabbits, letting us see family, letting us go swimming.  He even thanked God for getting to jump off the diving board.  Kids love the things that so many of us take for granted, the stuff that we almost expect sometimes.

Was this a prayer of salvation and did Thomas accept Jesus Christ as his savior tonight?  No.  He's not there yet - we aren't there yet.  But he's starting to know who God is, to understand the power that He has, and to comprehend the importance of talking to Him and having a relationship with Him.  Will he pray like that again tomorrow?  Maybe, maybe not.  But at least he's had a conversation with our Creator on this day.

So y'all can have your first day of school pictures in the morning.  I'll scroll through and if I'm not too busy or running too far behind I'll even "like" a few of them.  But I'll trade every picture I've ever taken and every first I've ever had to hear the powerful prayer of a child with such a whole, heartfelt love for God.  

There's a good chance I mess something up tomorrow, but at least tonight I can go to bed knowing that I got at least one thing right.  
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