No, I'm not talking about a Roman Catholic rite of passage, but of my eight-year-old son taking another step in his spiritual walk. Because my son is in the third grade, he no longer goes to junior church during our regular worship service. Some days it is a challenge to keep him occupied during the service and other days it is more of a challenge to keep him and his little friends quiet. At any rate, by the time the pastor is starting to share the message, he is either bored to tears or he is in a place where he will listen to the message. Often I will interject with an object lesson related to the message.
We have discussed participation in communion in the past and what it means, but he has not elected to take part in the elements. Today was different though. When I asked him if he was ready to take communion, he said that he was.
This little boy doesn't do anything without giving it alot of thought. This was the case when he accepted Christ. I had shared with him about invited Jesus into his heart and what it meant to be a Christian. I would let him know that when he was ready to do that, I would pray with him. His response was usually, "No, I'm not ready yet". But one day I brought up the topic again, his response was, "I'm ready now." My mother has often said that he is an old soul. He is wise spiritually beyond chronological years.
I was again very proud of him today as he made that step forward in his spiritual walk. I hope God is okay with that kind of pride.
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