Psalms 150
1 Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him
in his mighty heavens!
2 Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to
his excellent greatness!
3 Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and
harp!
4 Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with
strings and pipe!
5 Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud
clashing cymbals!
6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the
LORD!
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One of our favorite childhood
picture books was Angelina Ballerina.
It has the most precious story line of a family of mice. Angelina is the
daughter who loves to dance. She dances
on her way to school, as she comes down the hall, on her way to the grocery
store…the family can’t stop her.
Everywhere she is goes, she dances.
Little did I know that our third
child should have been named after the mouse, Angelina! She dances everywhere just like
Angelina. She is constantly showing me
her new accomplishments, and my phone is ever ready for pictures or videos.
What if we really lived out Psalm
150? Suppose we saw every opportunity as one to “Praise the Lord.”
As moms, we scratch our heads as we
try to live out “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old
he will not depart from it.” My
understanding of this verse is that each child has a “bent.” They were made in specific and varying
ways.
Our oldest, the artist, didn’t excel
in room clean up, but she has learned to praise Him with paint and crafts and
ideas.
Our middle child, enjoys
sports. As he gallops ahead of his
teammates it is evident that He too is using his talents to praise the Lord.
Girls, each of our children where
created for praise. Give them small
percussion instruments, paint, a microphone, a lacrosse stick, whatever it is
that will lead them to give praise. Let
them find that which they were created for and let them express praise with
their unique talents.
Great reminder Joannie! So true!!
ReplyDeleteAmen, Joannie! Each one of our kids is so unique. There's no need to make them fit into our own little molds, bc God has already given them one! :)
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