God's Lullaby

“The LORD your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He takes great delight in you, He quiets you with His love, He rejoices over you with singing” (Zephaniah 3:17).

Greetings,

I have jumped onto the Baby Shark bandwagon because it’s my granddaughter’s favorite song.  She listens to it at least once a day, and her love of this toddler tune was even the inspiration for all of us to dress up as sharks and act out the song for the family at Christmas! I trust that one day when she is older, she will have fond memories of me singing it to her as well.  Whether she’s playing, waddling around, chomping down on yogurt bites, or going down for a nap, that catchy tune always brings a huge, toothy smile to her face.    In these tender moments, the world is a perfect place, and there’s not a worry in the world.

And no matter how old we get, God has lullaby for us too.  He quiets us with His love and rejoices over us with singing. We desperately need our Lord to lean in close, take us in His arms, and breathe lyrics of comfort into our weary souls. Let’s praise Him because He cradles us with a special, powerful melody – especially when life gets hard.

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, thank You for singing over us. Pour out healing music, a hymn of peace, and a chorus of joy! Thank You for quieting us with Your love. In Jesus' name, AMEN~

Toddlers Shout!

“Nursing infants gurgle choruses about You; toddlers shout the songs that drown out the enemy talk, and silence atheist babble” (Psalm 8:2 THE Message version).

Greetings,

One of my favorite activities is pushing my little grandbaby on her porch swing.  Every morning I take her outside, put on her favorite music, strap into her pink swing, and push away.  She loves it, and I love watching her love it.  She cracks herself up, and it’s really the only time she opens her mouth where I can see her precious teeth without fear of being viciously bitten. 

This morning, however, I actually paid attention to the lyrics of the songs booming out of my portable speaker.  It’s a collection of Christian toddler tunes, and as I listened to lyrics like, “Jesus loves me,” “Bless the Lord – o my soul,” “Hosanna, Jesus saved me," and “I have the joy of the Lord,” I found myself grateful for:

Living in a nation where this type of wholesome, uplifting music is readily available for babies and everyone.

Sweet children singing their hearts out about Jesus.

The truths they are singing about are for babies, and for those of us who are not so young anymore.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, we bless You and thank You that You love us.  We bless You today for all the blessings You constantly shower on us.  We are inundated with wisdom, peace, joy, faith, hope, health, and love. We are also saved from having to live this life on our own and saved for all eternity.  And thank You that when we praise You, all enemy talk is drowned out! In Jesus’ name,

we pray, AMEN.