Seeing God though the eyes of a Child

This weekend I had the joy and the pleasure to take my eight year old nephew to his first real christian concert. We traveled to Charlotte, NC and saw Tobymac along with a lot of other wonderful artist.

Before going his mother and I were not sure if he was ready for such a huge event, the crowds, lights, and the many different ways people worshiped. We prayed to God that he would guide us in our discussion, and to help us know that we were not making the wrong decision. After praying and talking to my brother and husband we all decided that he was ready. Matt and I bought the tickets as his birthday present and gave them to him back in January, so for the past 3 months we have been building to this past weekend. Making sure that he understood what he would encounter, also that he made sure that he knew that music that he would hear so he could sing along. He knows most of the music but not all.

Well the day came for us to leave and that boy was over the moon he talked on the four hour car drive all the way, about how excited he was, and that he was ready to praise God with millions of people... His mother and I looked at each other and smiled and we asked him to repeat himself, He said "Yes we are going to sing and praise God with MILLIONS of people and God I know will be there." Such an amazing thing for a small child to say. Know he does go to christian school and he is a little wiser beyond his years but sometimes I am just amazed at what he can say,

We get to the Venue and there are a lot of people and we can not contain him, he is all over the place and to our surprise there are so many kids, some younger than my nephew. They are all standing there with a special sparkle in there eye waiting patiently for the doors to open. We had to wait about an hour and to an eight year and and us (LOL) it seemed to take forever, but the time came and we enter the building. His eyes are as big as Christmas morning, he said that there are so many people and he needs to know if God is going to be able to hear all of us. In that moment, I began to think about that comment, can God hear all those prayers, all the praise all at once.

In 1 John 5:14 " And this is the confidence that we have towards him, that if we ask anything according to his will he will hear us."

In this verse I feel that he tells us that if we have faith in him that we will be able to ask anything and he will hear us, we told this to my nephew and he said that he kinda understood let me remind you that he is eight. So we went and found our sets, as we sat we had tons of kids that sat around us, kids of all ages. We opened the concert in prayer, asking for a fun and safe night and then the fun began.

As the night went on I admired and watch these small kids along with my small nephew as they sang their hearts out and raised their hands high praising God. They never missed a beat, never sat down, and never stopped singing until the lights came back on 4 hours later.

Yes we were all so tired but I stood in amazement to see how God was there with a packed house, the holy spirit shined through each and everyone of us. I know that some feel that God may not be real. I beg to differ, I have known all my life that he has been by my side but that night just reaffirmed that I know he is real and through all those innocent children he shined his light.

If each child in the world could be touch like those children were that night, many of the horrible things that go on in this world would not be, I wish we could keep those kids so innocent. I know as parents that one day we will have to let them step in the world, but as long as we instill the beliefs that  Jesus is our savior and God is ALWAYS there we will have hope that we can save some of our precious children.

I am blessed beyond measure that God allowed me to be my nephews aunt and I am able to take him to Christian events, show him christian ways, and show him that we are Christians and we still are able to go and have an awesome time. My hope is that you take a moment to cherish your kids, tell them how special they are and that God loves them.

"All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children." Isaiah 54:13