Dad will NOT be Dead!!!

A couple of weeks ago, me, Spencer and Jack were alone in the car driving home. Somehow we got on the subject of growing up and one day they will have their own families. I asked Spencer how many children he would like to have and he said, "I want three kids." To which I told him three is a great number! So I asked Jack and he said, "I am going to have nine kids." Spencer and I laughed with him and acted so shocked that he would want nine kids!!! I started to tell the boys how proud I am of them and that one day, they will be wonderful fathers, Godly men that will love their wives and make great dads themselves just like their dad. And I proceeded to tell them how Dad and I will be so happy and proud and can't wait to be there for their children one day. They are listening and out of nowhere, Jack says, "Dad'll be dead." And he said it so serious and matter of fact which is exactly how he is most of the time. I was shocked and said, "Jack! No he won't. He will be here for you and your kids. Why would you say that?" And he says, "No he won't. Dad'll be dead." Spencer and I are not getting more frustrated with him for saying this and I am convincing him that is not true and Jack says, "His Dad died and isn't here. He won't either." In his little mind, that is how he saw it. What a great opportunity we have to explain life and death to our kids. My dad is still alive and I got to explain that to him and that not all parents die at young ages ...... and yet, God is sovereign and has a plan for our lives that sometimes we don't know or understand. We simply have to trust Him that He knows the beginning and the end. And just when you think you know where the conversation is going or where you think you are directing it.... our kids are there to let us know at any given moment, they can change it!!!!!