music and slips of the tongue

Psalm 66:2, Sing the glory of His name; make His praise glorious. Say to God,"How awesome are Your works!" Verse 4 continues, "All the earth will worship You, And will sing praises to You; they will sing praises to Your name."

Boy, that is exactly how I felt in worship yesterday.When the choir sings,"There is a Fountain", I have to contain myself for fear that you all might think I have finally lost it. My heart swells with an incredible love for the Lord when I hear that song. I even had to restrain myself during the medley of hymns. They were so rich and powerful. Don't even get me started on the sermon. I wanted to do like the guy in Brad's message and run around the room yelling, "That's what I want too!". Then the little slip of the tongue was just too much. I am still laughing. Poor Pooter, oops, I mean Peter! Sorry Brad, I couldn't resist.

My girls are like me. They love music. We just can't be still and sing. I believe there have been times when driving down the road, the person next to us would have thought we were in need of 911. That's just us enjoying singing to the Lord.

Brad and I both have bedtime rituals with the two younger girls. At first, we used to both tell them bedtime stories. Their Daddy would make up these lavish tales about "Norbert the Dragon". Those girls would be hanging on his every word. The nights that I would lay them down they would beg me to tell "Norbert" stories. Well, I tried. The girls and I both knew it was time I quit when Norbert was playing in the field with his friends and the next thing we knew, he was on an elevator at the mall. Yes, I was dozing off!

I decided to do what I can do best. Sing. Not that I can sing well, I just like to sing. Now our new ritual for the girls and myself at bedtime is Mamma singing them to sleep. I sing mostly hymns. My choice of music is contemporary but I felt like they hear that enough. I didn't want them to lose the love of the faithful hymns that are packed full of Truth. Yes, modern worship music is wonderful, but let's not forget the hymns. Let us pass them on to the younger generation so they are not lost. Recently, Gracie has been learning, "I have decided to follow Jesus". I get so tickled listening to her sing it at the top of her lungs while in the bath tub. I know the Angels in heaven must have their ears bent toward that precious little girl as she worships her Savior with the voice He gave to her.

Just to let Brad off the hook with his, *ahem-pooter* mishap, I will leave you with a slip of the tongue from Gracie. Our choir sings the song, "The Days of Elijah". After hearing the part that repeats itself saying, "There is no God like Jehovah, there is no God like Jehovah...", she asked me one day why in the world those people keep singing, "There is no God that likes to hold ya? Don't they all know God would hold you?" Simply precious.