Heaven is for real.

I picked my son up from school, as usual; I was blasted right away with a million why, how come and about 20 questions on various topics. This is normal for us. Tres is such a smart and curious child, a simple answer or I don't know will never do. We were about half way home and he blurts out, "Emily said we will go to Heaven! I want to go to Heaven and be in Heaven with God. How do I do that? Because she said she is going to be in heaven and I want to go there too!" I began to explain that to enter heaven we have to ask Jesus into our heart and live our lives for God. He responds with, "Hey Jesus, will you live in my heart?" "Mama, ok, now I can live in heaven!" What childlike faith! :-) This makes my heart full. As a parent, I know I will make mistakes. I will struggle with knowing that the choices I make now will effect Tres and Zane for the rest of their lives, good or bad. I will always wonder if what I am saying is falling on deaf ears or if deep down they truly are listening to what I am saying. I cannot control or be with my boys 24/7 all the time. I have to have faith and LOTS OF PRAYER over them every day! This world can be so scary when you are a parent. Seems as the years go on, the more I notice such sin, pain and destruction. When they are a baby, you want to protect them from EVERYTHING but as they grow older, the need to protect stays the same and their independence grows. It is a constant battle that I don't think will change for our family any time soon! lol I have learned that instead of focusing on control I need to focus on teaching my boys to listen to their conscience. The voice inside that guides you to choose right from wrong. My prayer is that they learn to listen to that voice and each will develop their own personal relationship with God. This life is full of choices. As much as we would like to think we have control over our lives; we do not. We do however have control over our emotions. We need to respond rather than react and to know the difference. My hope for our boys is to plant seeds deep into their hearts, so that no matter where life takes them the love of God is never far from their reach.