We were getting ready to leave Sunday afternoon to go to an outlet store when we received the call from Brian's mom. We were walking out the door so we let the answering machine get it and Brian's mom said that she wanted to talk to Bailey because she has "some news." When we got in the car Bailey called her on Brian's cell phone. Well, apparently when Brian and I were gone the previous weekend, Bailey talked some sense into her grandma. They came up from Tennessee to watch the kids so Brian and I could go to Cincinnati for his Christmas party.
Brian's step dad said that he will not be getting anything from Santa this year because he has been too bad. Bailey's response was that if he had Jesus in his heart, then we would be good and Santa would leave him some presents. She then turned to her grandma and told her that what she really wants for Christmas is to have her grandma and grandpa in heaven one day with her. She knows that Brian's mom is not saved so she told her grandma that she just needs to ask Jesus to come into her heart and believe that He died on the cross for her sins. Then she will go to heaven and she will get to see "her" (Bailey) all the time!! Bailey said it with so much conviction that it really bothered Brian's mom all week and finally on Wednesday she talked to a pastor of a church she has started to attend and she told him the story. She felt she wasn't ready, but it just laid so heavily on her heart that when the pastor on Sunday asked if anyone wanted to come forward and get saved, Brian's mom said she felt a sensation of warmth come over her body and she clearly heard Bailey''s words echo. Next thing she knew she was walking forward and she was saved!! She said it was because of what Bailey said to her that previous Sunday and she told everyone about it!!
Brian's mom called us crying because she was so happy. She wanted to talk to me and thank me for installing religious values into my children and told me I was a great mom and because of what I taught Bailey, another soul was saved. She just kept thanking me. I was so surprised, but I was so excited for her that tears just fell down my face. I felt so proud of Bailey and got on the phone and called my sister and mom to tell them what Bailey had done!! She saved her first person at the age of 5!!
I am so blessed that God gave me the children He did. I am so proud of all of them and I thank God for this gift that He has given me.
