Comments on: When I Woke Up http://www.intoapicture.com/when-i-woke-up/ Ben, Tricia & Isaac Callahan Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:46:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Brian http://www.intoapicture.com/when-i-woke-up/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Brian Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:38:27 +0000 http://www.intoapicture.com/?p=419#comment-150 Oh Miss Tricia, It sounds as if you’re feeling especially thankful today. Just wait 7 years. It will be 7 times as much. Tonight, after brushing teeth, Bible story, and prayers… Abbey and I plopped down on her bed and began singing. (Claire was listening at the door, pretending not to hear.) I taught her some way-retro ‘70’s worship songs: Hallelujah to Ya (with the echo), Worship the King, and Pass It On. Then I threw in the chorus of Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus for good measure. As she laid there looking at me with those huge dreamy eyes, (with sister listening intently across the hall), I tried to imagine… to really let it soak in… that God loves us even more than that. And He wants for us… the way I want for my girls. And He’s close to us… even closer than I can be to my daughters. It’s too good to be true. But it is true. And we desperately need to share that truth with a hurting world. Every day. In every action. What a challenge. (I guess I've got my work cut out for me.) Oh Miss Tricia,
It sounds as if you’re feeling especially thankful today. Just wait 7 years. It will be 7 times as much.

Tonight, after brushing teeth, Bible story, and prayers… Abbey and I plopped down on her bed and began singing. (Claire was listening at the door, pretending not to hear.) I taught her some way-retro ‘70’s worship songs: Hallelujah to Ya (with the echo), Worship the King, and Pass It On. Then I threw in the chorus of Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus for good measure.

As she laid there looking at me with those huge dreamy eyes, (with sister listening intently across the hall), I tried to imagine… to really let it soak in… that God loves us even more than that. And He wants for us… the way I want for my girls. And He’s close to us… even closer than I can be to my daughters.

It’s too good to be true. But it is true. And we desperately need to share that truth with a hurting world. Every day. In every action. What a challenge. (I guess I’ve got my work cut out for me.)

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