Tuesday, April 27, 2010

sometimes i'm afraid


We have been spending a lot of time at the Waterloo Library lately. We brought home a big pile of our favorite local author's books, Maribeth Boelts, this week. I definitely suggest you check them out! Maribeth is an amazing woman and as I'm finding out now that I have a kid and now that I read children's books - she is a great author too! Tonight we read "Sometimes I'm Afraid" (for the 20th time this week.) On one of the last pages, there is a part where God whispers to the children who are scared. There is a verse- Isaiah 41:10- "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." I whispered this to Addelyn tonight as we looked at the last page and she looked up at me with wide eyes and said in a cheerful voice, "YEAH JESUS!"

3 comments:

LindaAlex said...

Aw, this is so sweet! It's wonderful that she has a cheerful faith. Don't you just love reading to her? I spend hours and hours reading to my kids when they were little. They loved it and I also loved it. Children's books are wonderful.

Maribeth said...

She is so darn sweet, Kris. Isn't it amazing the capacity little kids can have for loving Jesus? Thanks for sharing Addelyn's stories... I love reading about her!

Anonymous said...

How sweet!