Yesterday I had a frank talk with the boys. (On a side note, I sat them down and said "I need to have a frank talk you boys." Joshua's response was "can I be Frank?" What a jokester!)
Anyway, I sat them down and told them there was no Santa, Easter Bunny, or tooth fairy (sorry to all of you who still believe). They both admitted they didn't really think there was. Tim actually told Christian last Christmas and Christian did not believe him at all!
The boys have been asking us for over a year about getting baptized. Tim and I have discussed it many times. We did not feel it would be appropriate for them to be baptized if they still believed in these things. We didn't want them to come back to us one day and say "you told us Santa was real and then you said he wasn't, how is God any different?"
In my heart I know the boys believe what they should believe, especially for as young as they are. They have gone to church since they were born. They went to a Christian school and are now home schooled. They know! I am ready to let them but I think I might have to do some convincing on Tim.
I must that I was sad when I had the talk with them yesterday. I took away a childhood innocence that can never be given back.
They want to be baptized. This is something that all Christian parents want so why is it we struggle with this decision?
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