"He has put a new song in my mouth-- Praise to our God; Many will see it and fear, And will trust in the Lord." Psalm 40:3This morning as I was preparing to get out of bed to care for the children, the Lord gave me a heart of thanksgiving. Instead of mumbling and grumbling like I sometimes do in the morning as I think of all that I have to do with preparing the kids for the day, I was able to open up my mouth and thank the Lord for giving me another day to see and care for my children. I tell you, when the Lord gave me that kind of attitude, it TRULY helped me to have a different outlook in getting them ready!
Giving thanks and praise is something that I enjoy doing in my Christian walk. I love to worship the Lord with my mouth. My MIL said something that I'll never forget. It was during the time when Zenail was a baby. My sweet MIL always has gospel music playing in her home. One day, she had a particular song on and Zenail just instantly started rocking to the song. It was adorable of course, then my MIL said, "See it's clear that we were made to worship the Lord because you never have to teach a baby how to dance or move whenever they hear music!" I had NEVER looked at it that way before and I tell you, I now have a different outlook on seeing a baby rock to music. Now, it's a shame that most little ones are growing up without listening to anything that glorifies the Lord, but the fact still remains the same, that we were made to worship the true and living God. So, whenever I see one of our children first rock (or dance), my heart instantly continues to pray for his/her salvation to one day praise the Lord as his/her savior.
Our daughter MaKayla is our little songbird in the house. She can make up a song on just about anything. I love to hear her sing. That's why it breaks my heart to see her clam up and cry whenever she was in children's choir and even during VBS. I instantly began to worry and wonder "Why is she that way?" or "What have we done wrong?" etc. God is so good to sent comfort whenever we need it because JUST as I was beginning to go down the "pity party path", the Lord reminded me of something which encouraged me to pray more for her salvation. He reminded me of what I was like. I too was a "closet singer". I would sing loud and proud in my bedroom but when it came to singing in front of others, I clammed up or I was afraid and discouraged by anyone who laughed at my singing so I never sang in front of people. So, in the closet I remained. Only some family members knew about my singing voice.
But it all changed when I became a believer. I just loved singing praises to the Lord because I adore singing to Him and Him alone. Then one day, I joined the choir and then a praise team and I LOVED doing it. It was a joy to encourage the saints to worship the Lord. When the Lord reminded me of how my singing changed once I became dedicated to following Him, I was encouraged that prayerfully that will be our MaKayla one day. I pray that she too will one day encouraged and be encouraged to sing praises unto the Lord.
Dear Lord, thank You for giving me a wonderful day of thanksgiving and praise. May Your praise shall continually be in my mouth. In Jesus name, Amen.
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