Making Melody
Ethan is now at the age where he asks to listen to his own music while riding in the car. Now while such a request is often met with great frustration for parents of teenagers, my two-year old son's appeal for music makes me smile. You see, Summer and I have begun to make a concerted effort to teach him music that is in accordance with the command found in Colossians 3:17: "Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God." While we read Ethan scripture and teach him Bible stories, there is a lesson to be learned in song. I have made repeated trips to Lifeway to select albums that teach the truth of the Bible through song...we now have a small collection of CD's in our center console from which we can pull. The variety ranges from Veggietales to scripture memory songs. Ethan's favorite seems to be Bob and Larry Sing Sunday Morning Songs. Not only do I take great delight hearing Ethan sing from the backseat it also warms my heart to hear him walking through the house singing everything from "The B-I-B-L-E" to "Jesus Loves the Little Children". Train up a child in the way he should go is the ever present responsibility God has placed upon my shouders and I praise the Lord for creating music as a way to delight in Him...this father and son now sing together for God's glory as we ride down the road redeeming the time!
posted by Eric @ 2:18 PM
3 Comments:
That is wonderful! You know, even though Joseph is ten, he still pulls out his VeggieTale CDs to listen to occasionally.
What a wonderful post. The next time you visit Alabama, Ethan will have to sing some songs for us.
Enjoy - and record on video - this time of his life....I remember fondly Will in the backseat at age 2, listening to his dad sing "And Can It Be?" with the Master's Chorale at full volume in the car. By age 2 1/2, he had learned nearly all the lyrics. Now almost 6, he can't recall them. :) But he can sing others, including one by Chris Tomlin he likes, and "In Christ Alone."
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