Child-like faith

Jaylen has been sitting in "big" church with us, and yesterday we had communion. We have it monthly, so he's seen it a few times. The first couple of times we only explained to him that the juice and crackers are not for him, only mommy and daddy. Yesterday, we kind of talked a bit about what we were doing. I explained that we were celebrating Jesus, and that the juice reminds us of Jesus' blood that takes away our sin, and the cracker reminds us of His body that died for us. I told him that because Jesus died, we can live and go to heaven. He asked me if I had to die too, and I told him Jesus died FOR me, to pay for my sin so I can go to heaven. With the cutest big eyes looking up at me, he said, "And I can go to heaven too?" We also talked about how Jesus didn't stay dead, but rose from the dead and went to heaven with God. It really struck me that the Gospel is so simple, that in those few statements I can explain it to my four year old. And yet, we will always have something to learn about God and His Word.