A Precious Story

Tonight we had our Advent service at church. My 10 yr. old sister, Ashlyn, and some of her friends were talking at school about how they had church tonight. Well, one of her friends who lives by our church mentioned that maybe she could go with my sister to the service. So her friend showed up before the service and Ashlyn kinda showed her the ropes with what to do throughout the service. This was kinda surprising in itself because Ashlyn doesnt usually pay much attention during church, but I think she liked knowing what to do and having that responsibility of showing her friend. During the message I guess Ashlyn was asking her questions about her church experience. It turns out her friend has never been to church before. So Ashlyn asks if she knows the Christmas story with Jesus' birth. "oh yeah, Ive heard that." Then shes asks, how about the Easter story? "no..."
So Ashlyn is telling me about this after we drop her friend off. She is so surprised that she has never been to church or heard those stories. My little sister says, "if she doesnt know the Easter story, then its like she doesnt even know about God. That's just so sad." I could see the wheels turning in her head and she goes on saying how she could spend hours telling her friend the story about Jesus... and stories of God's miracles.... I guess her friend was going to ask her mom if she could continue to go to church with Ashlyn. So Ashlyn's already planning things she can do. She talked about sitting in the chapel during church (like I said, she usually doesnt pay attention anyway) and read through stories with her friend. It just warmed my heart to see my little sister so excited about telling her friend about God. And it gives me hope that she "gets it" at a younger age where as I didnt. She really wants to be the light of Christ in her friend's life and its so sweet! :) I hope to talk to my little sister more about this and even pray with her about it. I think this could be a great opportunity to grow closer to her and get into her life in the spiritual area. I praise God for how he is using my little sister to further his kingdom and for how he is working in her life.