Just a quick story. No real profound thoughts, which is pretty much par for my blog.
So let me set the stage first. Our daughter, Olivia, is an absolute maniac at night. I don't know what it is about nights that make her just go crazy, running around the house like she has espresso running through her veins.
So last night, I was doing a fantasy football draft while my lovely, patient wife was taking care of getting Liv ready for bed. In the middle of my draft I hear my daughter screaming bloody murder. My first thought was that she got hurt but I was able to discern based on her cry that it was a "I was just disciplined" cry instead of a "I just fell and hurt myself" cry. So I come up to say good night her and she is still crying. I grab her and hold her in my arms and ask her what happened.
She proceeds to tell me the story of how she disobeyed mommy and now she can't watch a show before bed. Then, came the most remarkable and poignant moments I have ever had with my daughter. After telling me the whole story she says to me, "Daddy, I still have sin in my heart. Why hasn't God taken the sin out of my heart yet? I want to follow God and not follow sin."
Wow! I stood there speechless staring at my wife. Now I know she is too young to understand the gospel but I gave her a quick summary of the gospel and asked her if we should pray that God would take the sin out of her heart sometime. She said yes and I prayed for her as my wife and I wrapped our arms around her.
It is a night that we will never forget. It just made me wonder how much of the gospel she understands at the incredibly young age of only 3. I pray that one day God will remove the sin from my little girl's heart and that she will trust Him as her Savior and submit to Him as her Lord.
