Madison, our daughter, loves music. When she's in the car with me, she is in control of the radio. And she enjoys singing - no matter where she is and no matter who is listening. One of her favorite songs is Sweet, Sweet Sound by Sarah Reeves. Madison sings it almost continuously.Some time ago, Madison decided she needed to use the restroom on the way out of church. So she took her mom with her. She danced through the lobby of the church singing softly to herself, “Hear the song of my life. Let it be a sweet, sweet sound!” (That’s my prayer for her too, by the way!) As she entered the bathroom, the acoustics were more than she could handle. She broke out in complete, uninhibited “worship” at the top of her lungs – “I raise this anthem high! Let it be a sweet, sweet sound!” Fortunately, Madison, Sarah, and Jesus were the only attendees of the worship service in the bathroom.
Thinking about Madison's worship experience challenged me to evaluate my worship – Am I able to worship with abandon like my daughter? Are you? Now, I’m going to look for a bathroom!
I went to a ladies meeting and the speaker was a doctor's wife who loved the Lord and loved to worship Him. She deeply impacted my life and I told the Lord that from that day forward my worship for Him would be real and genuine and not something prescribed by others. I love Psalms and Proverbs and I like to read books with Scripture that make me think and help me grow in my walk with the Lord. Sometimes I want to learn about a character in the Bible or I want to study a topic such as "grace." Stormie Omartian wrote a book on The Power of a Praying Wife that revolutionized my prayer life. Sometimes my worship is like Madison's - just total abandonment in song or in praise. I love when you meet with the Lord and there's this quiet hush - you know He's meeting with you. Simply, He wants us to be with Him and He wants that time to be life changing. So to know Him better and understand what He's trying to teach me, I write out the Scripture for that day I think He wants me to focus on. I think you have to worship in ways that work for you personally - and that's the fun of the journey.
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