Death through the eyes of Sarah

Late last week and this week took an unexpected turn as we saw Daniel's grandfather go for his medical checkup and was warded for dehydration and then swiftly moved to the ICU where he would spend his final days there. It wasn't easy for any of the children nor grandchildren and even his great grandchildren. 

Dear little Sarah was trying to reconcile the concept of death between Jesus and her great grandfather. Last Friday night, as we laid to rest, Sarah asked a string of questions after we told her why great grandpa was lying with tubes in his body. And that it is going to be soon when Jesus takes great grandpa to heaven.

Sarah: How?

Mommy: How what?

Sarah: How Jesus take Zeng Gong Gong to heaven? Jesus carry him? *cradle her arms*

Mommy: *nodded*

Sarah: What about his wheelchair?

Mommy: Zeng Gong Gong doesn't need his wheelchair in heaven. He will have a new body.

Sarah: New body?

Mommy: Zeng Gong Gong will have a new body and a new heart.

Sarah: How? *pause* Jesus open the skin and put a new heart?

Mommy: We don't know how the new body will be like but Zeng Gong Gong will not need his wheelchair. 

Sarah: How did Jesus come down from the cross?

Mommy: You mean his body?

Sarah: Who take Jesus body from the cross?

Mommy: The soldiers...

Sarah: How? They have to take out the nails first before taking Jesus..

Mommy: *I seriously haven't thought about this before* Hmmm...Yes, they would need to take out the nails first..

Sarah: Painful?

Mommy: No, because Jesus has died already.

Mommy: Do you love Jesus?

Sarah: Yes

Mommy: Do you believe that Jesus is God's Son?

Sarah: Yes. And Jesus is my Father!

Mommy: Do you believe that Jesus died on the cross for you?

Sarah: *became distracted* and started playing...

I slowly began to realize how difficult it was for dear Sarah. She was firstly confronted with this abstract concept of death...and then she is trying to understand the death of mortal man and immortal Christ who was made flesh. But I am heartened to see these realities of life and the truth of God's word making headway and inroads in the mind of Sarah. God grant me wisdom to teach and God gives her grace and light to believe.