Anyone who knows our family knows that we love song... just about any music that we can sing and dance to. Our newest addiction is the Wii Just Dance game -- so fun, and so good for Chad and I who are trying to loose a few lbs before summer sneaks up on us! We also often find ourselves singing along to the radio in the car, as Chad and I compete to "name that tune" first :). I could go on about the joy we find in music, but today two things struck me that brought not only a smile to my face, but filled my heart so completely...
We've started to go back to church regularly, as a family, and today as we were finding our way to find a seat, a ward family member came over to greet us and handed Kenny a Large Print hymn book (to match his Large Print Book of Mormon). I wish, I wish I had a camera to capture the smile on that boy's face! I am so thankful for such loving brothers and sisters in the church, and appreciate how much they care for us and our family. Now, Kenny has never been one to not sing in church, but to have his own hymn book and one that he can read, just made his (and my) day. A few times I glanced over at him to see him holding both his Book of Mormon and his hymn book close to his chest. Again... I wish I had a camera to capture that sweet moment.
The second thing that filled my heart today also happened at church, and that was hearing Chad sing the opening hymn - Count Your Blessings. Chad usually doesn't belt out in song at church, but I suppose when the spirit moves you??... I made a point to tell him how much I loved hearing him sing, and his response was too funny -- "It was one of the 3 songs I remember, and I like that one."
Our closing hymn today was the song Testimony. As if the joy in seeing Kenny's happiness with his new book, or hearing my husband sing at church wasn't enough, my heart was most full as we sang the third verse of that song:
My eyes are wet; my heart is full.
The Spirit speaks today.
O Lord, wilt thou my life renew
And in my bosom stay.
Amen.
1 comment:
It's good to hear from you in blogging land again. You do have to blog on small things, and not try to think of what is "blog" worthy. Just blog about the little things. I try to set a goal of blogging once a week or once a month. Then I was forced to think about what we did, and blog about something. Good luck! I look forward to reading more.
I am so impressed at how much love your ward members always show you. :)
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