As she was crying and standing there at my bed, she said "Mommy, you don't understand. I can't stand it when you aren't right there with me! You make me feel so safe! I need you with me all the time!" I gave her a big hug and said, "I'm so glad you love me so much - but just remember that Jesus is the only One you should ever feel that strongly about. He can be with you even when I can't!" She hugged me tighter and said "Mommy, you're JUST like Jesus!"

I held her sweet face in my hands, looked her in the eye and asked her, "Peyton, do you believe in Jesus? Is He inside your heart?" She answered through tears, "Yes, Mommy." Then I said, "Well, then, the same Jesus that is in me is also in you. He will never, never leave you. And that's a promise." We read through the Twenty-Third Psalm once more, prayed together and then she peacefully drifted off to sleep.
Of all the things I do, I hope I will be able to point my children to Jesus. I honestly cannot think of anything more rewarding and important than seeing my children grow up loving Him. And it all starts with them seeing me love Him first.
Proverbs 22:6 "Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
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