Spiritual Sunday Moment

Today we listened to a CD our neighbor put out just in time for Christmas. It's called "Let Him In" and is very beautiful. After it was over, Dylan looked at me with tears in his eyes and said, "That song touches my spirit, Mom." I love how honest and open he is with me - and how innocent, but deep and spiritual he can be too.

Later on, Marcos and I met for FEC (Family Executive Committee - where he and I meet to discuss our week and any issues we may have). It's a habit we're trying to establish, but often forget. After our meeting, we held interviews with the kids. Preston is still trying to get used to them and feels awkward and shies away from the questions. But he's making progress. We talk about being nice, sharing toys, not pinching and trying to use the potty. We ask him if he likes dinosaurs and enjoys playing with him during free time. And then we remind him that Heavenly Father and Jesus love him and want him to be good. Simple 3-year-old stuff. But Dylan is pretty open and honest and obviously on a different level than Preston. Marcos asks him about his testimony and his answers are always beautiful. After that we talked about school and what he likes, what we want to learn, if he has any needs or concerns, etc. and at the end we open it up to him to add anything else he has for us. When we turned the time over to him, he said, "Well, okay. I was just thinking... So how are your prayers going? Are you praying a lot? The scriptures teach us to pray. Do you believe in Heavenly Father and pray to Him often?" Marcos and I glanced at each other for a split second acknowledging yet another very spiritual moment guided and directed by a child. Time practically stood still as I watched him through teary eyes in complete awe. Part of me wanted to laugh at his imitation of such grown up matters and the other part was ready to break down and cry. I felt soft and squishy and touched to the core. We both answered him honestly and then I said, "What about you? How are your prayers?" He answered in a confident voice, "Oh, they're fine. You don't need to worry about that. Of course they're great. I pray all the time and my Heavenly Father loves me and guides me." He then proceeded to get out his scriptures and read a verse to us. He said he picked a verse from Jarom because that's the book we're reading from in our Illustrated Book of Mormon during devotional so he thought it would be appropriate for his interview. I know he picked the verse at random, but it was a really good verse. Oh to have the faith of a child again!