Out of the mouths of children

The other day, Jeff was driving the kids into BFA in the morning. On the way to school, he asked them how they see God around them. Anna quickly answered," I see him in the birds." Jacob, said," I see him in his creation." Then almost on cue with no prompting from Jeff together, they both start reciting from memory Psalm 29.

Ascribe to the Lord, O mighty ones,

ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;

worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.

The voice of the Lord is over the waters;

the God of glory thunders,

the Lord thunders over the mighty waters.

The voice of the Lord is powerful:

the voice of the Lord is majestic.

The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;

the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,

Sirion, like a young wild ox.

THe voice of the Lord strikes with flashes of lightning.

The voice of the Lords shakes the desert;

the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh.

The voice oof the Lord twists the oaks and strips the forests bare.

And in his temple all cry, "Glory!"

It turns out that every morning the entire elementary school is reciting this Psalm together before the start of school. What a powerful reminder to me at how easily our children are influenced in their lives. What ever input they get from teachers, peers good or bad, children take it all in and eventually spit it back out again. I am so thankful for the christian education that both Jacob and Anna are recieving and are influenced by godly men and women outside of the home!