Little Miss Ella

On Easter, my Ella did an amazing thing. She could not hold in the the excitement of the Resurrection and she had to tell someone.

At first, when she told us that she wanted to go door to door to read the Bible to people Riley and I were hesitant. We don't really want her going door to door. But we also knew that we she not discourage her.

So after an hour (at least) of begging, Riley went over to our neighbor's house and asked Roger if Ella could read to him from the Bible. Of course, Roger at the moment, was in the shower and so his grandson said that we would be over in a little while.

Little Miss Ella was so very, very excited that she went in and got ready. She brought out a blanket for them to sit on, a plate of marshmellows and two pieces of buttered bread. Two glasses of orange kool-aid and then a decorative goose and metal pitcher that we leave outside. She wanted to make Roger comfortable.

She had her Bible and she was ready. When Roger came across the street she just looked at me and smiled. He sat down on the blanket, took a bite of bread, drank his juice and she read the Easter story from Matthew. She read about when the women went to the tomb all the way to when Jesus spoke to the disciples.

Of course, the whole time Maya was running around the yard yelling at the top of her lungs, "He is not here! He is risen!"

As I sat there I wondered why I was so hesitant. This little girl has such a missionary heart. Ever since she saw Isaac Meyer (1o year old missionary) and listened to his stories about the mission field, this is all she has wanted to do.

It makes me think of Jeremiah 20:9, "But if I say, 'I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name,' his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot."

My Ella could not hold it in. She is loving the Word of God. And no longer will I hesitate when she wants to share it. I cannot shut the fire up that is in her bones.