I am in awe of my children!

I am speechless. I am in awe by how amazing my kids are and how smart and in touch spiritually they are. Karlee had a kitten that she loved and adored more than anything else in this world. She carried the kitten everywhere she went on our property. And the feelings were mutual. Some mornings we would be pulling out of our driveway and I would look down and the kitten would be in the car with us, headed to school. I'm not a cat person, but this was a special cat. Well, we lost the kitten this past Sunday. It crawled up into my radiator and it didn't make it out. Scott and I didn't realize until yesterday evening (Monday) and it was not a pretty sight. We had hoped Karlee wouldn't notice it was missing, but she did notice, and right away. I knew she would 'miss' her kitten when we told her, but I was blown away by just how much she understood. At dinner she asked us again where her kitty was, so I told her that we had some bad news and that her kitty had had an accident and that it was in Heaven. Immediately her bottom lip stuck out, her eyes filled with tears and she started crying. Scott held her for a few minutes, then she said "Can we pray for it?" (Take my breath away!) So we said a special prayer. Then when we went to bed she asked that we pray for it again. Then this morning she asked that we pray for it before we ate breakfast. On our way out of the house she said, "Mom, my kitty is in Heaven with God and with Jesus?" and I said "Yes, kiddo, she's in Heaven with God and with Jesus." and she said (this is the part that STILL gives me chills)"she's in Heaven because Jesus saves." And she said it with the biggest smile on her face! How wonderful is that??? That she already knows in her little heart how amazing our Lord is. It amazes me how simple it really is, and that us 'Adults' who are "much smarter than kids" can question and dissect things enough that we complicate everything so much we almost can't understand it.
So I got a lesson this morning and it was very simple, so although our sweet little kitty is no longer with us she gave us a pretty big gift in her short little life :)
...sorry, no pictures with this post:)