I sing it to my youngest every night, "...yes Jesus loves you yes Jesus loves you, the bible tells me so." And sometimes he sings along but he doesn't say 'you' he sings, "yes Jesus loves me." It caught me by surprise to hear him singing me when i was singing you. Normally, he is listening and copying everything he hears and sees. But in just 22 months of life on this earth he is claiming it as his own. My heart was comforted. Afterall, It is a song being sung just to him in the quietness and dimness of his lil bedroom with truth pouring over Him. But tonight as I heard him sing me I followed suit. Because today I realized I needed to claim it for me too. To let the stresses of the day wash away, to allow God's great love for me sink in deeper...and I tried to allow his little toddler hand comfort me as it wrapped around my neck. The faith of a child is innocent and contagious! So tonight as I lie in bed to go to sleep I am asking God to treat me as His child and rejoice over me with singing not because I deserve it but because He longs to be gracious to me and Jesus loves me this I know for the bible tells me so! Zephaniah 3:17 He will quiet you with His love; he will rejoice over you with singing.
