During lunch, we went over all the people that love Brenden. I usually start by saying, "Daddy loves Brenden" ... and then Brenden picks it up by saying, "Mommy" to which I say, "Yep, Mommy loves Brenden", then B says "Pop Pop", "Aunty", "Sissy", to which I repeat how each one of them loves Brenden. We usually end with "And Jesus loves Brenden".
We have a picture of Jesus hanging in the kitchen and he usually looks up at it and points to Him when we get to that part, but this time, after I said, "Jesus loves Brenden", he said, "Ouch. Up." and pointed to the ceiling.
I can't help but think he was referring to the suffering and Atonement Jesus made for us after which He was resurrected and lifted "Up" to Heaven.
Why else that combination of words?
Last night, at 2 am, Brenden climbed into our bed and I asked him if he had bad dreams, to which he replied yes. He's only done that once before. Trent took him back down to his bed, set the heater to go on for another hour, and told him everything would be alright.
I wonder if Brenden was comforted by Jesus last night, made the bad dreams go away, and let him know that he really was loved, and then today Brenden remembered the Atonement and Resurrection: "Ouch. Up." (how? I don't remember telling him that Jesus suffered alot of pain and death for him and then was lifted up to Heaven).....yet, after telling him that "Jesus loves Brenden", he said "Ouch. Up." and pointed heavenward. He probably knows it better than I do.
Jesus Christ sure does love the little children.
