"God likes when we sing in the car"

So my little and I had the deepest theological discussion I would ever imagine possible between myself and a 4 year old. We were going through some things in my room and found a wall hanging that is not hanging up yet..... It is a heart and in the center there hangs a cross, all made of nails. I explained to her the significance of it to me and what the cross stands for. She knew that the cross had something to do with Jesus but she was unsure what it was.

We talked for a long time about what it means to be a Christian and why we go to Church and read the Bible and about the love that God has for us. She knows that her mommy and daddy love her and I told her that God loves her even more than we do, so much that he sent His son, Jesus, to die on the cross to save us from the bad things we do. When we say we are sorry to God, He forgives us because He loves us so much.

She would sit and think about these words for a while. The most interesting part that she found was the cross. She was very concerned and even asked if Jesus got hurt on the cross. I told her that yes, he did. He died on the cross and then God saved him to show us how much He cares for us.

I then brought up the fact that we listen to music in the car and sing songs to Jesus. She has a cd that I keep in the car of worship music for kids. I told her that God likes when we sing to Him because it is a way that we show Him that we love Him by praising Him. She loves to sing in the car now and always asks to listen to "Here I am to Worship" over and over and over...... She is actually pretty good at this song. I love to hear her belt out the words, especially because she now knows there is a reason to sing praises.

Then she says to me, after singing with all of her heart.

Mommy, God likes it when we sing in the car!

That is enough to melt a mommy's heart. This is the reason I continue to take her to church and make sure that she knows God's love for her. I cannot create faith for her but I can introduce it to her and make sure she knows what it is and that it is an important and regular part of her little 4 year old world.