We were sitting in a restaurant having an early breakfast, when a couple came in with a bright-eyed little boy. We both said, “Good morning!”
The little boy said to us, “You know what?”
“No,” we said. “What?”
The little boy said, “I’m four, but I’m really only one. I was born on February 29th and this is leap year. There are usually 28 days in February, but in the ‘leap year’ there are 29 days,” he explained to us very carefully.
We said, “Happy birthday, big, one-year-old boy! Lots of people celebrate the birth of another little boy who some think was born on December 25. Do you know who it is?”
“Oh, I know,” the birthday boy said. “It was Jesus.”
“We’re glad you know that,” we said. “We hope you grow up to love the Lord Jesus, because He loves you. Jesus came into the world to save sinners like all of us. He died on the cross to save those who love Him. He doesn’t want any of us to go to the place where the devil and his angels will be.
“Thank you for telling us about your February 29th birthday, big one-year-old boy!”
ML-08/03/2008