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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: Music (03/08/07)
In the middle of the night, our house is like a minefield with hidden bombs everywhere. Squeaky dog toys are all over the place mixed in with my son’s toys, which are worse because they sing and light up. I don’t know why I even try to be quiet. My son’s wailing has ensured that everyone in our tiny house was awake.

I used to dread when my infant son would awaken suddenly in the middle of the night. Now I enjoy the time I get to spend with him and I think he enjoys the time with me. He has long ago mastered the art of sleeping through the night, but sometimes he needs his momma’s arms.

After checking his diaper and making sure nothing was seriously wrong, I pick him up and gently sway back and forth. Then I start to sing our song, Hush Little Baby. The melody of this song soothes him as we sit down to rock.

After all these months, I still don’t know the correct words to the song. I make up new words every night. But that doesn’t matter. What matters most is in that moment in time, we are enjoying being in each other’s presence.

I enjoy everything about him from they way that he smiles at me to the way he kicks his feet when trying to fall asleep. The tiredness I felt earlier fades away as I thank the Lord for my sweet boy and rejoice in who God made him to be.

Sometimes I have been so worn out by life that I feel like a baby in a crib. I feel like I can’t do anything for myself and I just need my Heavenly Father to pick me up and hold me. He does better than just hold me, He rejoices over me.

Zephaniah 3:17 says, “The Lord your God is with you, He is might to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with his love, He will rejoice over you with singing.” (NIV)

I don’t know what song the Lord will sing to me, but the song and the words are not important. What is important is that the Creator of the Universe will take the time to comfort me and sing to me. In that moment in time, nothing else matters because I am in my Daddy’s arms.
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Clyde Blakely
03/16/07
Good comparison and transition between here and there. I liked the Daddy's arms to out Father's arms.

I'm glad you don't know the words either. What joy it will be to finally know them.

God bless and keep writing.
Sheri Gordon
03/16/07
What a comforting thought. I, too, like to picture myself in my Daddy's arms. Sometimes that is the only picture that keeps me going. (But I've never thought about the song He'll sing to comfort me. Now I have that to look forward to, too.) Nicely written, like a good devotional.
Jacquelyn Horne
03/17/07
Good comparison here. Most loving mothers have got to know that God loves them. It just fits. Good article.
Donna Powers
03/18/07
This is so sweet and all us moms know what you're going through. I loved the image of being in our Daddy's arms. Nice job!
Cralla Romero
03/20/07
I love your article, well written. It is so beautiful.