oh, caleb
First of all, I must say that nine is not my favorite age. For both of my boys it’s been rough. Lots of attitude, lots of pushing back, lots of pretending to not hear instructions. Caleb is right in the thick of it. My sweet, snuggly, sensitive baby boy has become brooding and cranky at times. Several times I have found myself wondering how to get to his heart, how to love him back to a place of tenderness and obedience. Overall, I know it’s just a stage and that we are incredibly blessed. The boys are really, really great kids but there are moments that I look at them with a “Where did you come from?” look.
Today the boys were in desperate need of a break from each other and a little down-time in each of their rooms. I didn’t really care how they spent time during their break as long as they were apart and there was no conflict. After a little while I checked in on them and found Sean reading and I could hear Caleb playing his guitar from upstairs. When I told them their break was over, Caleb wanted to show Sean and I the song he wrote while he was in his room. I wasn’t prepared for what he began to softly sing as he played his guitar.
I love you God
“Lord I know that you love me more than anything in this world.
You gave me more than I could ask for and all I can do is thank You.
Oh, Lord you died to save me.
I open up my heart to You because I love You.
Even though you discipline me I know You love me.
You are my God and that will stay as I wait for that day.
When I am down You lift me up because You love me.
When I am wrong all I can give to You is a simple song to say I love you.”
He let me record him playing the song but I haven’t really figured out how the newest version of imovie works so I will have to post it later. download Liberty Heights movie ??????????? ??????? ??????
It is so encouraging to know that no matter what happens, no matter how much my boys push limits and test boundaries, they have a strong foundation. They belong to Jesus and for that I am incredibly grateful. What I want more than anything else in this world is for my boys to really know the God who created them and loves them more than their dad and I ever could.
Comments
that’s amazing, bets!! to have that come out of his heart at 9 … WOW. such a blessing!!
comment by kirsten on 2009-08-12 @ 4:57 pm
WOW is right, wow. So amazing. I love that boy. Sniff sniff.
comment by Sara on 2009-08-12 @ 8:11 pm
I obviously cried when I read this. That is so sweet and amazing. In the midst of the nasty-nine (totally just made that up, you know terrible-twos, nasty nine hehe so clever), what a blessed encouragement. I love your boys ;-)
comment by Kelly on 2009-08-14 @ 1:34 pm