You Can't Make Me!

There are moments in every parent's life that make you just a little proud - that put a smile in your heart, not just on your face. Those are the moments that help you to forget about all those other moments... We experienced one of the former moments on a recent Saturday morning when Princess daughter joined us in bed.

As she was laying between us, she started singing praises to God. They weren't songs we had ever heard before, we weren't even sure (theologically) that the words went together, but there was no doubt they were from her heart. "That's beautiful," I said. "I know," she replied. "I like to make up songs and send them up to God, to show Him how much I love Him." "O my soul-l-l-l-l." "You're my king!" she belted out.

There are many things we make our children do: eat their peas before they can have ice cream, put their shoes on to go outside, blow their nose in a tissue rather than a shirtsleeve. But when they are young, we don't always expect them to do the right things because they want to, because it is their idea, because it is in their heart.

I shouldn't be surprised this desire has been put in her heart - or anyone else's. After all, that's what we were made for.

"Our LORD and Ruler, your name is wonderful everywhere on earth! You let your glory be seen in the heavens above. With praises from children and from tiny infants, you have built a fortress. It makes your enemies silent, and all who turn against you are left speechless." Psalm 8:1-2