When my eldest daughter Faith was only six she asked me, “Mom what do you want to be when you’re forty-eight?”
Without putting much thought into it, obviously, I said, “Well, maybe when I’m forty-eight you’ll be married and have a baby.”
Silence. Finally she said, “Mom, who will I marry?”
“I don’t know honey.”
“Can I marry Daddy?”
“Sorry, I got him first.”
Silence. Then she said, “Who will I marry then Mommy?”
I said, “Well, you need to marry someone who loves God. That’s all that really matters. If he truly loves God, he’ll be a good husband.”
“I think I’ll marry Jacob.”
“Does Jacob love God?”
“I don’t know. I’ll ask him.”
And that was the end of the conversation, until a week later. As I was clearing the breakfast dishes she came up to the counter and said, “I’m going to marry Jacob.”
“Why honey?”
“Because he loves God.”
“How do you know?”
“Because I asked him.”
So there you have it. How to choose a husband in two easy steps!
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If only it were that easy! Cute post. 🙂
Well, good that that’s all taken care of…
Hmm, sound advice. She’s too cute!
I WISH it were that easy! 😉
Love it. When she is comtemplating saying yes, she will remember this conversatin!
It is so nice to remember these innocent days!
Out of the mouths of babees..
Glad you got that worked out! 😉
Love this! How precious. And how true!
So sweet! I’m glad Jacob gave her the right answer.
Yes if it were only that easy. It took me 3 times to get it right and then somedays I still wonder LOL!
What a darling thing for your daughter to say and perhaps if I heeded those words and advice there would not have been 3!
Amen!
That is adorable!!! Faith is so wise for her little six year old self! It would be really funny if she did marry Jacob in twenty years. HA!
Wonderful story! Kids are great!
How precious! I love it!! Life is so simple and easy at that age!
Love this… and so very important being equally yoked! Its a match!!
Let me know if she figures out an easy way to have babies…
That is just too cute!! 😀
This is precious!
!?! I can’t believe I wasn’t told about this method earlier! If only I’d known!
Esther, that may be the best life advice you’ll ever give her!
I hope when she finally does find the right guy she asks him that question! Great lesson to learn at an early age!
If only it was that simple. 😉 When you narrow it down, I guess it is!
Too stinkin’ cute! It’s definitely sound advice 🙂
If you can’t choose one, you have to catch yourself one … http://unzippedandunbuttoned.blogspot.com/2011/05/i-caught-myself-man.html