Sugar Tails: Get Closer Up

Monday, April 19, 2010

Get Closer Up

The Thinker is growing up. It's difficult to believe we're wrapping up his fourth grade year. He recently finished a devotional book, Starting Strong, and we were discussing it. I asked him if he enjoyed it and if he saw any benefits of a written response to the Bible.

"Yeah, Mom. It got me closer up, you know?"

"How's that?" I asked.

"Well, I thought I knew everything about Naaman, see? And then I discovered that God used a servant girl to help him, and that was surprising. God uses different things. It's good because it made me really look at the Bible and see new things. I got closer to it."

My prayer for him, for you, for me today, is that we sidle up to the Word, look a little more intently, respond a little more thoughtfully and make one more connection to God than we've done before. Get closer to His Word. Get closer to Him.

Get closer up.

13 comments:

The Blonde Duck said...: How sweet!; April 19, 2010 at 7:03 AM
I Love Pretty Little Things said...: So wonderful that your son, first of all, read a devotional, secondly, got so much out of it! I pray that he holds those truths in his heart forever!

On a different note, I promise to keep your address secret from Peta. :) I want to let you know too, that I did feed the twins to my family, I just took that morning off. Ha ha; April 19, 2010 at 7:22 AM
rachelw said...: How precious! My kiddos are still so little, but I pray every day that they will have a love for God and His word. I know it's got to be wonderful for you to see your son in God's word and learning!; April 19, 2010 at 7:25 AM
Courtney (Women Living Well) said...: Precious!!!; April 19, 2010 at 7:27 AM
Natalie said...: Absolutely wonderful. I hope this for my children - because they are so young, I pray they will choose the "right" path and accept Jesus but I also pray that they remain faithful once they do. The self-directed learning your son is doing will allow him to "own it" and thus make it his. I love it - thanks for sharing this!

Natalie at Mommy on Fire
http://www.mommyonfire.com; April 19, 2010 at 8:50 AM
alison said...: I love reading things like this. It gives me hope. Thank you.; April 19, 2010 at 9:53 AM
JennyMac said...: LOVED this post!; April 19, 2010 at 1:55 PM
Unknown said...: Wow! He really is a thinker, especially for a 4th grader....that's deep stuff even for us adults. I enjoyed reading the older link about having "the talk" with him....Too funny. God bless!; April 19, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Karen said...: So sweet...loved this post!; April 19, 2010 at 2:11 PM
partialemptynester said...: So great!; April 19, 2010 at 2:41 PM
Tiffany said...: Oh what a wonderful post. How blessed is your son to have you encouraging him to read the Bible. What a sweet heart you are raising!
You have a lovely blog by the way!; April 19, 2010 at 7:45 PM
livinginbetween said...: Thanks for all the encouraging words!; April 19, 2010 at 9:23 PM
faith ann raider said...: aaaw!! That is SO sweet!; April 27, 2010 at 11:55 AM