NEVER WILL I LEAVE YOU

Today, on the way home from school, Master C and I were reading his library book. He chose a book on a higher reading level than he is at right now, so we got to read together. That's always special to me. I love hearing him read and learning new words every day.

However, this time I learned something new.

We were reading David and Goliath, based on 1 Samuel 17:1-51. As we were reading, he really hit on the part where David tells Goliath that he comes in the name of the Lord, and that the Lord will be with him. He started telling me all about how God is with you all the time and he knows that God is with him all the time too.

See, we are a family that unfortuntely [I guess - LOL] is afraid of the dark. Actually, I am scared of the dark and have unintentionally put that upon my children. I totally do not love it when we lose electricty. I refuse to sleep if it is at night, and if it goes off in the middle of the night, it wakes me up. I know instantly because all of my "comfort measures" are removed. Yes, I am one of those that sleeps with a fan and a tv on. Oh, a night light too. Horrible I know, but that is the way it is. I have been trying, and successfully I might add, to wean my children off of the tv at night when they sleep. I give them 30 minutes in bed, and the tv goes off, but the night light can stay on.

Well, today Master C informed me that this past week when his tv would just go off and his night light blew the bulb, that it was okay. I didn't even realize the night light didn't work. Anyway, he told me it was okay and that I didn't need to worry about replacing it. God was with him and he knew it would all be okay. My heart just swelled up. My little boy is growing up into a wonderful young man and it blesses me to know that he is trusting in the Lord. He talked and talked for about ten minutes about how God is with him here and there and in this and in that. And, if you have ever had a conversation with him, you know that his eyes just sparkle when he talks and his whole face smiles.

So, tonight - the little man went to bed with no tv or night light. Yes, he is growing up and teaching me, too.


God has said, Never will I leave you. Heb 13:5