My 8 yr old speaks truth!

As a parent there are times where your children not only surprise you but amaze you.  Yesterday I was surfing Facebook because I had not been on in a few days. (I am working hard to cut back)  I came across a video of Victoria Osteen that everyone was posting and commenting on.  I clicked the link and it showed a clip of her making a statement about praise to God. She said this...

"I just want to encourage every one of us to realize when we obey God, we’re not doing it for God—

I mean, that’s one way to look at it — we’re doing it for ourselves, 

because God takes pleasure when we’re happy. 

That’s the thing that gives Him the greatest joy.

"So, I want you to know this morning: Just do good for your own self.

Do good because God wants you to be happy.

When you come to church, when you worship Him. you're not doing it for God really.

You're doing it for yourself, because that's what makes God happy. Amen?"

Before I could click out of the link my oldest daughter Kathryn was sitting behind me in a chair, she turned around and said, "Momma...that is not true.  The Bible does not say that!"  I could have lept out of my chair.  I love how she knew in her spirit that what she heard is not of the Lord but of the world's teaching.  She is a new little Christian and has not even been baptized yet,  but you can see that God is teaching her and she is writing it on her little heart.

As a parent I worry about the spiritual growth of my girls and in this crazy broken world it is easy to get lost and confused.  I loved the whisper of encouragement I got today from the Lord as I was able to see my daughter not only call out what is blasphemous but to hear her confirm that we get our truth from the Bible.