Tonight Quinlynne and I were saying her personal prayer. We'd had family prayer and then she and I went to her room to say HER prayer. I've been working with her on saying her prayers all by herself. She always says "But Momma- I don't know the words,". So, I started her off and she figured out the things she wanted to say. I was so proud of her. I reinforced to her that she could "talk" to Heavenly Father any time she wanted. She could pray to Him any time she felt like she wanted or needed to "talk" to Heavenly Father. THEN- my kid started in on questions that I wasn't anticipating for at least another year or two. She asked me WHERE Heavenly Father is. I told her He lives in Heaven. Then she asked me where Heaven is. Then she asked if Heavenly Father was inside of us. I then talked to her about the Holy Ghost. I think at her school they talk about the Holy Spirit. "Momma, Holy Spirit AND Holy Ghost stay with us??" HOLY COW!!! Such deep questions from a 3 year old. Yet, I'm very proud that she wants to say her prayers, and she questions all of these important and beautiful things. It lets me know that I need to always be on my toes so I can answer her spiritual questions to the best of my ability....and for me to keep praying so I can answer her questions. I guess I know she IS listening to me, her Grandi, Uncle Charlie & Aunt Connie, her teachers at school and her teachers at church! Perseverance throughout her "pre-nursery" months at church is paying off- it all sets an example!
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Joseph started asking some very deep questions at that age. I wondered many times if it might be because he was forgetting things he knew before...does that make sense? His questions were much too deep for a two or three year old.
It's really great when they start to put into practice what you're teaching them! I'm looking at Joseph's baptism in a couple months and hoping that we've prepared him enough.
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