A Time to Laugh

It’s been a blissful week, this first one of the Summer of Lewis. We walked with our wagon, ate popsicles, got terribly muddy, bathed everyone, lunched on dairy (since the allergy seems to be gone!) and napped all afternoon.

On the way home from church we sang about a boy named David and how he konked “Goliva” in the forehead. The song was a big hit.

Gramma Lewis taught us Gavin’s favorite song to sing all by himself, “We’re Glad Today!” He sang it on the way to church. “Dankoo, dankoo” is all he sings perfectly to this Mommy’s ears. After we thanked God for each family member, Isaac asked, “Where is Heaven?” :) A precious question that Mommy and Daddy hope we answered so that it sounds very different from Disney World. For bedtime tonight, Mommy and Isaac read What About Heaven?, a gift from Aunt Sarah when Isaac and Gavin’s older sister went to Heaven 6 summers ago.

So I’m glad today for my Isaac and Gavin today. Thank you, God in Heaven.

As I continue my familial campaign to subvert poorly-theologized kids’ songs. . . . This one is in desperate need of a rewrite.

Read your Bible, pray every day, pray every day. Read your Bible, pray every day, and you’ll grow, grow, grow.

Neglect your Bible, forget to pray, forget to pray, forget to pray. Neglect your Bible, forget to pray, and you’ll shrink, shrink, shrink.

Like the sanctification process all depends upon us! I tried a few re-writes and Isaac kept asking for the “grow, grow, grow” part. So I figured I had to include it. How about this:

Read your Bible, pray every day, pray every day, pray every day. Read your Bible, pray every day, and you still need Christ.

Since God chose me and helps me each day, helps me each day, helps me each day. Since God chose me and helps me each day, I will grow, grow, grow.

Since God chose me and helps me each day, helps me each day, helps me each day. Since God chose me and helps me each day, I can’t shrink, shrink, shrink.