The Song in Her Heart

I've talked a little bit about the girls that spend weekends at our house. On any given Sunday at church, we can have anywhere from 1-4 extra children with us. I guess if you're behind us at church and don't know our family well, it might look like a big family and a lot of kids. It doesn't usually feel like a lot, until we have lunch and have to scrounge for chairs and spread out at the table and along the bar. It's just something we've grown used to.

They have had some recent events that has allowed them to spend even more time than just on weekends at our house. I will admit, sometimes I struggle to find the balance of family time, and including them. But God is always faithful in showing me that it's not about me, or my own family, but ultimately about Him and giving Him the glory with our lives.

The other day I was dropping N off at school. I had just dropped Aaron off at the babysitters and it was just her and I in the car. It's only a 2 minute drive from our house to the school. We had K-love on and she recognized Chris Tomlin's song "How Great is Our God" from church and started singing along, so I turned it up and we sang the whole way to school. As soon as she came home that day she said, "I've had that song in my head all day!" It was a great opportunity to talked about how God is always with us no matter what we're doing and where we are, and we can always pray to him in our heart or sing a song to Him and he hears us! 

What a difference of some from some of the other songs she knows every word to by heart. She kept singing for the rest of the day.

"He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God."

Psalm 40:3a