The Green Eyed Man

Eli was sick this last weekend so we decided to introduce him to a movie. He has seen lots of short show like Sesame Street, Thomas, Barney, etc but we haven't showed him a whole movie and thought being sick is the perfect time to introduce him. So we started with Cars and he loved it! He watched the whole thing and wanted to watch it again. Later that night Landon and I wanted to see the Disney movie Bolt and thought Eli could just watch it with us or just play while we watch it. It is a really cute movie about a dog and there is a bad guy in the movie that has one green eye and looks a little scary. While we were watching it last night I didn't think anything of the few scarier parts in the movie and we are normally watching out for these kinds of things. We tucked Eli into bed with his normal routine, juice, donkey, sing a song, pray, say i love you or ' I luf ewe' and he rolled over and was out pretty fast. He woke up about 2:00 and Landon went to check on him. This isn't too unusual and especially since he had been sick we didn't think anything of it. He just wanted us to sing a song and pray with him again which is what he normally says when he wakes up at night. He always request "Jesus loves me so'. About 30 minutes later he woke up crying again and this time I went upstairs, after I sang Jesus Loves Me and prayed with tears in his eyes he said, "mommy, yucky green eyes". I immediately knew he was talking about that scary guy in the movie and my heart just sunk. I was so sad that he was either having a bad dream or woke up with the first thought of that scary green eyed man. Then I reassured Eli and tucked him back in. I spent the next hour tossing and turning and not being able to sleep knowing that Eli did not go to bed peacefully. I think all parents desire for their kids to sleep in peace. I know I always want bed time to be a smooth, quiet, and a feeling of security for Eli when Landon and I put him down. I hope he thinks of the good things during the day and sleeps well at night. I pray for that each night for him and that Christ will make himself known to him even in his sleep. This was just a reminder that as parents we are responsible for their little eyes that affect their dreams and their hearts. I hope that we are able to help put Madilynn and Elijah to bed with clear minds so that Christ can reveal himself to them. He can't if the green eyed man is in his head. : )