The Sweetest Valentine's Day Yet...

Salvation is a precious gift from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and was extended to my eldest son, this Valentine's Day. Michael's been asking many questions about God, Satan, heaven and hell since last summer and especially in the last few weeks, leading up to V-day. Every time I would explain the way of salvation, MD would quickly change the subject...it just wasn't time. I knew the Lord was up to something and even told his Community Bible Study teacher to be praying. He would ask questions comparing God's omnipotence, omnipresence and omniscience versus Satan's (or lack there of). He'd ask if Satan was always bad and if he could ever turn away from evil and do good. He seemed to fixate on why Satan had to go to hell. He'd ask me over and over again. Then he'd say, "Mommy, I don't want to go to hell." And finally, on Valentine's Day, he surrendered his heart to Jesus as we passed by Greenlawn Cemetery. We talked about my godly grandparents who were buried there and who were in heaven, in the presence of God. He told me that he wanted to go to heaven when he died. I told him how to pray, at which point, he usually quickly changes the subject...but that day...he repeated the prayer in the back seat of our minivan. I rejoiced and explained that the angels in heaven were rejoicing too. He said, "Am I an angel now?" I went on to tell him that Jesus now lives in his heart..."He's in my heart right now?" He couldn't stop telling people about Jesus being in his heart after that. Yes, he doesn't understand everything but I keep thinking about the verse that says..."Let the little children come to Me. And do not forbid them, for thus is the kingdom of heaven."
And now Michael's journey with the Lord begins...