Category: Children
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The Day our Hero Cried – Romans 12:15
Dad’s mood was somber that morning in 1966 when he sat on the couch and opened his arms for a bear hug. The four of us piled on his lap, hugging and chattering, squirming and pushing. Dad didn’t seem to mind the ruckus. Lowering his head, he squeezed us extra hard. We knew Dad loved us more than anything. We didn’t know…
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A Pregnancy Test and Fish Hooks – Matthew 4:18-22
Setting the box down on the counter at the River Road Bi-Mart, I watched the clerk’s eyes as she read the pregnancy test label and scanned the load of children attached to my cart. Her gaze rested on the baby kicking against my thigh. Her smile tightened a little as she rang up my order, but she said nothing. I imagined…
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Jesus in my Pocket – Matthew 28:20
In the third grade at Adams Elementary School a little 4 1/2-inch doll changed my life. Dolly sat inside my desk with her toothpick-thin legs bracing her behind the pink eraser. Sure no one suspected I’d smuggled this contraband from home, I’d play with her while the teacher wasn’t watching, making Dolly dance as I pretended…
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Let Children Come to Jesus – Matthew 19:13-14
My mother says I came home and reported to her that I’d asked Jesus in my heart at an after-school program. With great reverence I said, “I felt Jesus all over me.” I love how children explain things that they haven’t tried to express before. In my child-like understanding I knew my life had changed.…
