Joshua's Big Questions About God and Resurrection At Bedtime

 Dear Kids,

The innocence combined with the wisdom of childhood is just amazing to me. 

Tonight while I was tucking in Joshua for bed he started asking some REALLY big questions. He just turned 5 like a month ago. :-) 

"Mom, how are our spirits made in heaven?"

"When was Jesus alive?"

"How long as God been God?"

"Mom how do our spirits and our bodies work together? And when does that happen?"

"So when Mimi is resurrected she won't have to use her walker anymore?"

"When are we going to be resurrected?"

"How long until Jesus will be here with us actually here?"

Answering these questions were really quite fulfilling and fun. I told him that he has a mom and dad in heaven just like he has a mom and dad on earth. That his Heavenly Father and Mother made his spirit, then his dad and I made his body and they came together. That Jesus was alive about 2,000 years ago and He was resurrected and that He gave everyone a permanent gift of being resurrected with a perfect body. That's when he brought up Mimi and just asked about her and her body and he said so beautifully, "You mean Mimi won't have her walker anymore?" Then he looked at me and just SMILED. He understood what that meant. I told him that she was going to be able to run and play with him and how amazing that will be! He just smiled bigger. 

Oh the beauty and innocence of being a child... but they ALWAYS blow me away with questions they ask and how inquisitive they are. And how willing to just LEARN. It is beautiful and I love it. 

Joshua, thank you for teaching me tonight. Reminding me that the knowledge that I have is AMAZING. That the beauty of the reality of the gospel is just THE BEST EVER. My appreciation for the doctrine of the resurrection has been so profoundly influenced by watching Shayla in the process of losing her body and Mimi in the process of dying until the last breath. Just the reality that this body of ours is just a vessel for our profound souls, that's it. Who we are is our SOUL. 

Until you've seen someone you love SO MUCH really on the edge of death and actually dying, the profound nature of the doctrine of resurrection just comes alive within your soul. 

I love you kids. Keep asking questions. Keep being inquisitive. 

Your Mom