Children
will never enter it.
Mark 10:15 NIV
Bad News
I tried to get my emotions under control as I broke the heartbreaking news to my children.
“Kids, I have some sad news. Great-grandmother died this morning.”
My son looked at me with misty eyes and a wide grin. “She’s with Papa, again. I bet they’re happy to be together.”
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Fear Not
My son wanted a toy that was stored in the attic. Each time he opened the attic door my jokester father made a scary noise, pretending it came from the attic. Finally my son stopped at the door, said a prayer, took a deep breath, and bravely fetched his toy.
(50 words)
Out of this World
“Do you know I’m an alien?” my daughter told her unchurched friend.
“What?” Her friend was confused.
“The Bible says so in 1 Peter 2:11. That’s what I learned at church. Want to come with me Sunday?
The curious girl couldn’t resist. Perhaps she’d meet more aliens.
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Answered Prayers
My daughter prayed for a younger sibling, but since my husband had a vasectomy we told her it wouldn’t happen. Amazingly, I did get pregnant. She was thrilled when we told her the news, but not surprised.
“Aren’t you surprised,” I asked. We certainly were.
“No. I prayed. Remember?”
(49 words)
Heavenly Ride
My grandmother lived with my parents for the last few years of her life. Shortly after her death we went to visit my parents and my daughter was surprised by what she saw in their garage.
“I guess God didn’t need grandma’s car to get her up to Heaven.”
(49 words)
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VERY fun to read...and so convicting in just a few words!
Loved them all, especially the last one! Blessings, Teri
Kristen,
These are great! Very entertaining.
Darlene
The power of prayer well depicted. I especially liked #2 and #5, but all are great.
Here I go again - priceless, matchless, splendid, precious, treasures.. how about just plain old WOW!
Precious! What neat stories, and well-told to boot. :)
These are great! But I especially loved the alien one!
Verna Cole Mitchell 
23 Sep 2007
I loved them all, Kristen--the humor, the pathos, the simple child's faith.
Linda Germain
23 Sep 2007
Precious...and so much faith-filled truth out of the mouths of babes!
These are precious. I love them all, but Answered Prayers and Heavenly Ride really stand out to me.
Very well done.
Okay I think I LIVED the Answered Prayers one (except for the vasectomy part, lol). I believe those were my own daughter's exact words :)
Joanne Sher
22 Sep 2007
The alien one is absolutely my favorite. Love all of them, though, of course :) Excellent.
Kristen, I enjoyed these glimpses into tiny blessed scenes. They were all good, but I especially enjoyed, Fear Not.
These stories brought back memories I have of the years I had little ones and hearing, "Mom!" every five minutes. (I know I timed it a couple of times.)
Aren't kids wonderful. I loved the Answered Prayer one. Oh, to have the faith of a child, huh?
Seema Bagai
22 Sep 2007
These are precious. Great job capturing faith as seen through the eyes of children.
Beautiful; loved the line, "....didn't need (the) ...car to get to heaven." I often think kids are our link to heaven.
You brought out the kids faith wonderfully.
Jan Ackerson
21 Sep 2007
Oh, priceless! I wish I had been a writer when my little ones were little! So much lost forever, because it never occured to me to write it. Your children are just precious.
Wonderful slices of life Kristen! LOVED the alien one and the Fear Not one. Actually, I enjoyed them all. Well done!
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