A bedtime scenario a couple of nights ago went something like this.....
ZJ in her room AFTER bedtime routine is over: "I gotta go potty"
Me from in my room: "OK you can get up and go!"
After she sat for a while she started playing with the wet wipes. I said if you don't need to go you need to get back in bed.
She said "OK... I might have lied."
I said so you didn't have to go potty?
She said yeah... I said so you lied so you could get out of bed?
She said yes.
My disposition got very sad. I said that makes me sad and God really sad when you lie... go get in bed.
I went to the door to say goodnight one last time and she said "hug and kiss!" I asked do you want to pray? She said yes. (she usually says no) I prayed for her to remember that lying hurts other people and it hurts God and asked Jesus to help her to not lie. She was listening very closely (which is unusual at prayer time)
She prayed after I was done... "and give me a new heart".... and then I continued... yes Jesus, give Zoe a new heart and help her to please you. Replace the sinful heart and help her to have a clean heart that wants to please you. ZJ then repeated me by simply saying "help". I said yes.. that is a good thing to pray - what we need is your help God - help us to please you. Help mommy to make good choices and help ZJ to make good choices. We love you so much.
