So what is the deal with SNOW in mid-April?!?! This is among the many questions rolling around in my head this week. Another is why do we park on a driveway and drive on a parkway? As I set out to start this blog up, I never promised that all of my thoughts would be very deep!

Anyway, I had the most amazing conversation with someone yesterday that I thought I would challenge you with. The conversation centered around Heaven & Hell, God & Satan, sin & forgiveness, how God was "made", and other deeply spiritual things. It was one of the most amazing conversations I have ever had with anyone in a long time. And here is the most incredible part about it - it was with a 5 year old! This conversation was with my son and, wow, did he have some deep thoughts and questions!

Why is it that as we get older we talk less and less about the deep spiritual questions of life? After our conversation, my son prayed and talked with God about all these things in a very matter of fact way. He thanked God for all we talked about, asked God to "block out" Satan from getting to us, asked God to tell him how He (God) was made because "none of us really know but I want to know and that would be great", asked for dreams about Heaven (which were answered by the way!), and shared how excited he is to someday get to Heaven (with little hands clapping) & that he CANNOT WAIT to meet Jesus and God.

The passion that he has for God is awesome. Why don't we as adults who have had an even greater chance to witness God's love, forgiveness, blessings, and presence in our lives demonstrate that same passion anymore? Too often, we take for granted our relationship with God, "he'll be there later, I don't need to pray (or read the Bible, or go to church) right now" and neglect to strengthen the most important relationship we will ever have. A five-year old gets this, why don't we? We also forget to be thankful and give praise and thanksgiving for all of our blessings. Here in America it is easy to forget what we have as we anxiously await getting whatever it is that we want next. Too often God becomes old news in comparison with our new snowmobile (4-wheeler, car, iPod, Wii, or whatever it may be), our stresses of school, work, or home, our upcoming vacation (or summer vacation in your case), and God gets pushed to the side.

As for me, I am very thankful for the five-year old in my life who helps remind me to remain passionate in my faith and relationship with my Savior, Jesus Christ! May you too keep that passion alive everyday, and if you have lost a little of it, I pray you find it. When you do, boy is life exciting and the perspective you can have on everything sure is amazing and uplifting!