I Can Feel Him Clapping

Several months ago we attended the baptism of my niece.  She attends a Southern Baptist church and was dunked.  We are Methodist so my children were baptized as babies.  Afterwards my five year old daughter asked lots of questions about baptism.  I explained she was baptized as an infant, but could be baptized later if she felt led.  We talked about what baptism meant and why different churches use different methods.  She said she wanted to be dunked.  I jokingly told her she could be dunked this summer at our pool since our church doesn't have a baptismal pool.  She went on to ask who could dunk her.  Again jokingly, I said I would do it.  She said "No, you can't you're not an old man w/o hair".  The preacher baptizing my niece was bald.  Too funny!!!

The story continued yesterday when she started asking about baptism again and what it means to be a Christian.  I talked to her about praying and asking Jesus to live in her heart.  She quickly responed, "He is already in there".  I asked her how she knew and she responded "I can feel him clapping in there".  Out of the mouths of babes---I don't think I will ever forget this comment.

I posted recently about a classmate of my daughter's passing away from meningitis.  Due to this situation we talked about death, our spirit, heaven and lots of other stuff before I told her about the classmate.  When I finally worked up my nerve to tell her the classmate passed away she said "Oh, Mommy she is going to meet Michael Jackson".  I had to laugh.  I didn't think about the fact the only person she remembers dying was Michael Jackson.  She saw the news reports and the stories about his children after his death.  My daughter later mentioned how much she thought her classmate would like Michael Jackson's music.  I was so concerned and prayed and prayed about how I would tell my daughter such devastating news about her sweet classmate.  Who knew God would use the Michael Jackson story to pave the way?