In December 2013, I had an opportunity one day to spend a couple of hours watching two of our grandsons. At the time when the event of this story occurred, the older boy was nine-years-old and the younger one was only seven.

My husband and I were staying in a large, rental home near Disneyworld, Florida that week with our two sons and their families, and we were having a great time together.

But after nearly a week of getting started early and staying late at the parks we were ready for a little rest and decided to take an afternoon off. That was the decision that proved to be a life-changer for the younger of the two brothers.

 Both boys chose to stay with me at the rental home that day while the rest of our family went off in several different directions to shop, etc. But the boys wanted to watch some of their favorite Superbook DVD episodes that they had brought with them from home. So that’s what the three of us were doing when the older of the two stopped singing the Salvation Song that is at the end of every episode, called his brother’s name to get his brother’s attention, and then asked his brother an important question. “Hey, (name), have you ever prayed and asked Jesus to save you?” When the younger boy then shook his head in the negative, his older brother added, “You need to do that. It’s important.”

So, without any further discussion, the younger one got up off the floor and walked the few feet to where I had been sitting. With his head bowed and a smile on his face, he leaned against me and affirmed that he wanted to pray. I said a few simple sentences that he repeated, one at a time, as I led him in a very simple prayer of salvation. Never in this life have I ever anticipated being honored so greatly by God, as I felt at that moment, watching one brother lead another one to say a life-giving prayer of eternal salvation.

Cathy S. Scott
10/10/2019

[My testimony above was read this morning by my husband in a discussion of “How to Share Your Faith with Your Kids” (Grandkids, nieces, nephews, etc.) at the Big Canoe Chapel Men’s Fellowship Breakfast that highlighted the effectiveness of the CBN Superbook Project in bringing Biblical Truth and eternal salvation to, literally, millions worldwide.]

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There is but a moment to open our eyes
To face the pains that are buried inside,
To uncover their roots in our hearts so deep,
To let go of wrongs that hinder peace.

There is but a moment to open our ears,
To hear the cries of another’s tears,
To act in compassion born to sufferers,
To echo our own nighttime fears in their darkness.

There is but a moment to receive the Truth,
To let go of lies that we accepted as youth,
To ask for forgiveness, on bended knees,
To confess dependence, as babes in need.

There is but a moment to step toward God,
To fall face down, with one humbled nod,
To be set free from inherent sin,
To be raised up by the right Spirit within.

There is but a moment to worship in praise,
To live so deeply grateful that we always give thanks,
To shout, “Hallelujah!” with angels who sing,
To give glory to God, with God’s blessed saints.

There is but a moment to serve our Lord,
To point to the Light of God in our world,
To look beyond the wisdom we feign,
To exalt, by design, our King who reigns. 

In a fleeting moment, we must take a stand
To carry Christ’s Cross or to drive nails in Christ’s Hands.
We make a decision,  choosing life or death–
Not Christ’s, but ours, in the time of each breath.

The moment comes, and then it is gone,
Full of regret or the good that’s been done.
To ourselves or our God, in each moment we bow,
But we never see it coming, for the moment is now.

“Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.”
(Galatians 5:25)

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Virginia Nickerson on January 25, 2013, at 12:29 pm said:
“You have a true gift for writing and spreading God’s message. You are so using your talents.”