Belinda was very happy living in a field with all the other bluebonnet seedlings. 







She loved to snuggle down in the warm dark soil at night and watch the Texas stars.
During the day she would roll on top of the ground, basking in the sun. 

Sometimes it rained and she would get all wet. She didn‘t like those days, but Mom and Dad
said the rain was important to help little seeds grow up to be big bluebonnets. 

One day when she was playing on the ground, a magic carpet came and whisked her in the air. Belinda thought it was magic because she couldn‘t see it, but she could feel it. She rode in the air, going up and down. When the carpet dropped her
on the ground, she rolled back home. 

Mom said,  “Where have you been, young lady?”
Belinda said,  “I went for a ride on a magic carpet. It was fun.”

Dad said,  “That magic carpet is called the wind and you need to be very careful. The March wind is coming and he might take you far from home.”

Belinda said, “I‘ll be careful.”

The next day it was raining and Belinda couldn‘t play with the wind, so she read a book about it. The book said that the March wind was very strong. Belinda could hardly wait to meet the March wind. 

Every day Belinda looked out from the soil, hoping the March wind would come by her house. When it came, it wasn‘t as strong as the book had said.

It took her across the field and Belinda rolled back home. The next day the wind was a little stronger and it took her longer to get back home. Each day the wind got a little stronger than the day before, taking her farther away and Belinda had to work
harder to get back home.  She was one tired little seed when she snuggled down in the warm soil after her rides on the magic wind. Sometimes she even slept late in the morning and waited 
for the afternoon wind to take her for a ride. 

One day close to the end of March, the wind picked her up and carried her really high.  She rode for a long time. There was so much to see from up here. There were houses for people and barns for animals. Birds flew past them singing really pretty songs. When the sun was high in the sky, it felt warm on her back. Then the sun 
began to get tired and wasn‘t standing up so high in the sky. Maybe it was embarrassed about being tired because it started turning a little red.

Then, it got so tired that it sat down on the earth. By that time Belinda was getting tired and asked the wind to take her home, but he just kept blowing her away. 
 
Belinda tried again, “Please take me home. I‘m tired and I want my nice comfy soil. I want to see my mom and dad.”

Abby couldn't sleep.  It had been several nights since she had slept.


"What's wrong, Abby?"  Her mom asked.  "Are you feeling alright?"

"I feel fine."

"You've got to get some sleep.  How can you learn in school if you don't get enough sleep?"

"I don't know."

"What are you thinking about while you are lying in your bed?"

"Nothing."

"Abby I want to help you, but I can't if you don't tell me what's wrong."

"I'm alright."  Abby said as she gathered her books for school."

All day Abby thought about what her mother had asked her.  She really didn't know what she was thinking about, but she knew she wasn't fine.

That afternoon Abby heard her name being called very loudly.  She looked up from her desk to see her teacher standing in front of her.

"Abby, what are you thinking about?  I've been calling your name for a while now.  You never heard me."

"No, I didn't hear you.  I'm sorry."

"I want to know if you turned in your Science paper."

"I thought I did."

"Well I don't have it in my stack of papers.  Look in your desk, please."

Abby looked carefully through her desk for her Science paper.  She found it crumpled up in the back of the desk.  When she handed in, Mrs. Singleton looked kind of funny. 

"Abby, that's not like you to treat your papers like that.  Are you sure you're alright?"

"I'm fine."  Abby answered.

That night when her dad came home from work, Abby ran into his arms.

"Well," her dad laughed.  "I'm glad for the hug, but what is going on?"

"I'm so glad you're home."  Abby started crying.

"What's wrong, Abby."

"I'm scared."

"Scared? What are you afraid of?"

"I saw on television that a little girl my age died.  What will happen to me if I die?"

"Well let's get the bible and we can see what it says."  Abby's dad turned to Romans. "See Abby, Roman's 3:23 tells us that we have all done things that are wrong.  Have you ever done anything wrong, Abby?"

"I don't know."

"Abby????  Have you ever done anything you knew you shouldn't?"

"Sometimes."

"Romans 3:10 tells us that no one is good enough to go to heaven.  Abby, can you go to heaven with sin in your life?"

"No, I guess not."

"Romans 6:23 tells us that there are consequences for our sin.  Just like when you get in trouble at home, there is a consequences when we break God's laws.  Romans 5:8 tells that Jesus paid that consequence for us so we don't have to pay it.  Wouldn't that be nice, Abby?  To have Jesus pay our consequences so we can go to heaven?

"That would be nice.  I don't like it when I have consequences."

" Romans 10:9 & 10 tells us that if we ask Jesus to forgive us of our sin, we will be saved.  Then we can go to heaven when we die.  See if Jesus is your savior, there is no reason to be afraid of dying.  We know that we will go to heaven to live with Jesus forever.  Do you understand what I've told you?"

Abby thought about it.  "Yes I understand."

"Have you ever asked Jesus to come into your heart?"

"No."

"Would you like to ask him now?"

"Yes."

Abby and her dad bowed their heads.  Abby's dad prayed first.  Then Abby asked Jesus to forgive her sins and come into her heart.  Abby was surprised that her fear was completely gone after she prayed.  The next Sunday, she told people at church that she had asked Jesus to be her Savior.