A conversation with Samuel this morning:
Samuel: Mom, why do you keep telling us this stuff?
Me: Because that's the gospel, Samuel. Loving people more than we love stuff, and more than we love ourselves. That's the love of Jesus in us.
S: Whoa. I just discovered another piece of the puzzle. It just clicked. Do you get it?
Me: Uhh, no.
S: It's like this, Mom. I know now why God allows iPod Touches and iPhones and all that kind of stuff....it's like, life is a test. We see all this stuff that looks fun and it tempts us, and all of our life is really a test to see what we're going to love the most.
And, on an 8-year-old level, that's pretty much it.
1 comment:
I read this this morning as we're selling one of our iPhones (because who really needs 2???)... good perspective, Samuel :)
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