Children Are Strongly

eric — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:26:23 -0500

Last night, my 8 year old son wanted me to see what he had typed up on the old word processor we gave our children to play with. I told him I'd look after I finished cleaning up in the kitchen and he was nice enough to offer to help and, together, we loaded the dishwasher.

He was telling me that he thought what he had typed up was 'strongly'. I didn't understand what he meant and told him that didn't make sense to me. His statement seemed incomplete, to me... the adult. After we finished loading the dishwasher Jennifer and I went to look at what he wrote.

"HEAVEN IS THE BEST PLACE TO BE IN. NO MAN OR MIND CAN IMAGINE, NO EAR CAN OR NO EYE HAS SEEN OUR LORD, BUT HE HAS A PLAN FOR US AND HE TALKS TO THE HEART OF THE HUMAN. I THINK GOD'S PLAN IS FOR ME TO BE A MISSIONARY." — My 8yr old son

He said he wrote it in all caps because it is about God which shows he has a deep reverence for God even in his writing.

He was completely right. Together, those words are definitely 'strongly'.

Please keep in mind that children aren't at all ignorant. They may not think like adults, but that is the wonder and beauty of children. They have a knack for making you stop and think about your own perspective and how wrong we can sometimes be.

The things they have on their mind, have to say or write may surprise you.

Children truly are Strongly.

Jesus Created Eyeballs

eric — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:21:10 -0500

Dr. Tim LaHaye (yes, the Left Behind author) was preaching at Southcrest this morning and tonight.

Dr. Tim LaHaye's comments about the blind man blew me away, this morning. I always wondered why Jesus made mud and rubbed it on the blind man's eyes. Dr. LaHaye said, when he traveled to India, there were a lot of people that simply had no eyeballs at all.

It occurred to him that it was likely that Jesus made this blind man see by CREATING eyeballs for him. This explains this rare instance whereas others were healed by Christ speaking to them. Dr. LaHaye then went on to point out the very thing I was thinking: these eyeballs were created from the same substance that Adam and Eve were created; the dust of the earth.

This also points to Jesus Christ being God's son and brings to mind a passage found in John 5:19 (which is typically titled "The Authority of the Son):

So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.

I just found this to be incredible to think about. Jesus created eyeballs.

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Children Are Strongly

Jesus Created Eyeballs