"For this child I prayed".....I Samuel 1:27

My heart is rejoicing tonight! Ever since Adrianna was born we have been praying that she would ask Jesus into her heart. At her baby dedication when she was 6 months old we were asked to write a prayer for her. Here is what the Lord layed on our hearts...

"Our prayer is that Adrianna would accept Christ as her Savior at an early age and develop a personal, committed relationship to Jesus. We also pray that she would love God with all her heart, soul, and mind and be willing to give her life to serve Him. We pray that her character would lead others to Jesus and that she would have an inner beauty that is full of grace and unconditional love."

For a few months now Adrianna has been asking a lot of questions about death and heaven. She was a little concerned for a while that we were all going to die. Then she thought that only old people died, just like grandma!:) Every time we asked her if she wanted to go to Heaven and ask Jesus in her heart she would always say she would to it tomorrow or with grandma whenever she saw her. We didn't want to push her because it had to be her decision. There was a day that she said she prayed that prayer all by herself. I asked her what she said to Jesus and she said she asked him to forgive her of her sins. Well, it is so hard to know if that was true and heartfelt and if she really did it by herself. I did notice an attitude change in her but I just didn't know. We kept talking to her about her heart and how Jesus wanted to live inside of it.
Nothing more was said about it for a few weeks.

As we were reading our Bible story tonight about Jacob's ladder, the Lord prompted me to read the story of His death and resurrection to her again. I started with the story of when the little children came to Jesus and how much he loved them. Then I read about Jesus' death and how he had to die for our sins so we didn't have to. Then He rose again! I talked again about Heaven and the only way we can go there is if Jesus lives inside of our hearts. Well..she asked me if I could help her ask Jesus into her heart! I called Shawn in and he lead her in a prayer!

I hardly know what to say because my heart is so full of joy and the realization of God's faithfulness to a prayer we started praying when she was born. She really is in God's hands now and I can't wait to see what He will do with her life! We feel so secure knowing that she is God's child.
Wow....now comes the important but daunting task of discipling her to live her life reflective of Jesus. I think I'm going to be on my knees even more now!

She of course had to call all her grandma's and papa's and tell them!

So...REJOICE with us! What a blessing to this mother's heart!