"Jesus Can Fix It"

Meyers didn't watch TV until she was 2.5 unless you count shows of mine that were on (she did love some channel 5 news) and baby worship or baby signing time that she watched in the car sometimes. Not because I didn't want her to, she just wasn't interested. She discovered Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (and Yo Gabba Gabba not too long after) at 2.5 and has completely made up for the first 2.5 years of life not really watching TV between the end of me being pregnant with Emery and having a newborn that was (still can be) pretty high maintenance. 

 

I worry about her TV watching sometimes, and then sometimes I remind myself that I was (sometimes still am) in survival mode, and that I was/still am super thankful for Mickey and Gabba. Now Emery is hooked, but that's another post for another day!

 

 

I had had enough of her watching TV the other day, and I told her we were taking a break, and she needed to play with her toys, paint (Water Wow - whoever came up with that is a genius in my book!), etc. So she told me that she wanted to watch the Olympics. She wasn't getting the fact that her watching TV was going to cease for a little while. I told her that no, she wasn't watching any TV, and that the Olympics were over anyway. She said, "We need to get daddy to fix it." She totally thought the Olympics not being on was a problem her daddy could fix. I'm still not quite sure how I feel about her thinking daddy can do/fix anything, but mama can't:) I told her that, no, daddy can't fix it; the Olympics are over. She looked at me so serious and said, "Jesus can fix it." And I about cried like a baby.

 

 It melted my heart, and assured me (when I sometimes wonder) that we are doing enough. That we are pointing her to Jesus. That prayers at night and singing songs about Jesus, and bible stories that we read and slipping Jesus into everyday conversations have made an impact on her. That at 3 years old, she somehow understands that mommy and daddy can't do everything, but Jesus can. That really is the bottom line - that we need Jesus. We can't do anything on our own (we sure can try and do, but that never gets you very far), and we certainly can't get into heaven without the sacrifice that He made. Now, we haven't quite gotten around to explaining to her that Jesus CAN do anything, but sometimes His answers to our prayers are "wait" and "not right now" and maybe even "not ever". That's for another day, but it thrills me to see that we are laying the foundation for her to hopefully make the most important decision of her life - to accept Him as her personal Lord and Savior.