The best conversation ever

A couple of weeks ago, Carissa and I had a great bedtime conversation. It started with talking about Lemmy’s body (Ken’s ferret) being buried in the backyard and Carissa asking “he’s not gonna come back and be alive again, right?”

“No honey, when animals die, they just stay dead”

After talking about decomposition and the cycle of life (just kidding), she said…

“But Alyssa is alive again and in heaven.”

“That’s right”

“And we’ll get to see her again when we get there.”

“Yep”

“Daddy, will I get to see my friends in heaven too? Like Abby?”

“Well, yes, if your friends believe in Jesus then you will see them again in heaven, too… do you believe in Jesus?”

“Oh yeah! He lives in my heart!”

“Really, how do you know that?

“Because I asked him to…”

“Really, when?”

“One day when I was downstairs dancing and singing, I stopped and closed my eyes and said ‘Jesus, will you come and live in heart’ and he did. And then I started dancing again.”

Needless to say, it was getting a little dusty in the pink bedroom that night. Her simple faith and confidence is inspiring to me. Don’t you love our kids?

-Jack