February 6, 2011- A Special Day For Cerys
Today started just like any other day- the girls up at 7am and "playing quietly" in their room. As the morning went on, the more frustrated I got. I told Marc I just wanted to get back in bed and pull the covers back over my head. We are all fighting some kind of cold off and with all the sister-bickering I was fed up. On the drive to church Cerys was singing "Santa Claus is Coming To Town" at the top of her lungs and I was even annoyed at that.
As soon we walked into church, Cerys saw the communion tables set up and immediately asked Marc if she could participate today. I didn't know any of this until later, but they had a little conversation and he asked her if she knew what it was for and who gets to eat/drink it. She knew exactly what it was and what it symbolized. He told her that they would talk more about it after we got home from church. After the service was over, I was standing outside of Cerys' class looking in the window and I noticed all the kids were writing something on little sticky notes and putting it on a wooden cross in the middle of the room. Cerys was scribbling something on her paper and I saw her walk up to the cross and place it on the side. Just a few minutes later I saw them walk Cerys to the middle of the room and they all reached their hands out toward and started praying. I was so curious because she's so shy, I couldn't imagine what had prompted her to get up in front of the room. As the kids were filing out, I stepped in and asked her teacher if everything was okay. She told me their Bible story that day was about Jesus healing and when they asked if anyone needed prayer for healing, Cerys put her hand up and said that our whole family has not been well with colds and drainage (that makes me chuckle) so they asked her to come to the front and they all prayed for us to feel better.
We got home, made and ate lunch and got them down for naps as soon as possible (grin). Marc and I talked about what Cerys said about communion and how we've noticed in the last few months she's really been asking lots of questions and we've answered the best we can. We brought her downstairs to talk further and answered any questions she had- which she only had one. In her own words she told us what Jesus did on the cross and that she wanted to follow Him. She prayed a precious prayer- one that I will remember always! It was a really neat time for the three of us and I'm so grateful to God for they way He has been working in her heart and life and that He allowed us to be here in this moment to hear her prayer.
We hugged and I cried, and then we wrote this date down in her Bible (and I wrote it in mine too) so she will always remember the day that she said yes to Jesus.
Romans 10:9 says, "That if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."