a new generation

the other day in the car i was making the girls listen to mommy's music instead of the usual kids songs (i can only take so many of them before insanity starts to set in). as the next song came on klove i realized it was one of the girls favorite songs. for some reason they love matt redman's "you never let go". i told them their song was coming on and when it was about to start the chorus i said "o.k. girls oh no you never let go" as i looked in the rear view mirror i saw one of the most awesome sights i have ever seen. here is my 3 year old, head tipped back, eyes closed, singing at the top of her lungs

Oh no, You never let go
Through the calm and through the storm
Oh no, You never let go
In every high and every low
Oh no, You never let go
Lord, You never let go of me


my eyes filled with tear without even a moments notice and my heart was so full of God's blessing. this new generation that josh and i are given the responsibility to train up is now beginning to see God. of course i am not sure how much of that song she really understands, and how much of her closed eyes head back comes from what she has seen at church. but......she is seeing it she is hearing it and she is experiencing God at the age of three. this really brings to mind the words in mark 10

13-16The people brought children to Jesus, hoping he might touch them. The disciples shooed them off. But Jesus was irate and let them know it: "Don't push these children away. Don't ever get between them and me. These children are at the very center of life in the kingdom. Mark this: Unless you accept God's kingdom in the simplicity of a child, you'll never get in." Then, gathering the children up in his arms, he laid his hands of blessing on them.

i hope today not to get so caught up in my daily worries to forget how loving God can be simple enough for my daughter to understand and handing over my life can be as easy as throwing my head back and singing at the top of my lungs. thanks God for the example my children set for me.