Sing your Praises to the Lord

I was visiting with a friend the other day and she reminded me of a story that happened almost exactly a year ago. I loved being reminded of it and thought it was worth blogging about. So here it is.

As you can probably tell from previous postings, Jack really enjoys music. He really has loved singing and listening to music from just a few months. When he was just learning to talk, he would often tell us 'more guitar' when he wanted to listen to music. For a long time he referred to all music as 'guitar'. In fact, he was also known for being quite impatient, and would start chanting 'more guitar' in between tracks on a CD - not aware that a new song was already on its way.

His love for music and his impatience both showed up while we were visiting churches last year. We visited quite a few churches in North London before settling on a church home. One church that we visited was going through a transition period where the new vicar was trying to bring in some new ideas - including new music. This particular church had a choir that consisted of 'four-ish' elderly people. The choir was trying really hard but they couldn't impress our nearly two-year-old. Right as they started to sing 'In Christ Alone' by Staurt Townend, Jack quickly perked up and loudly said 'No more guitar. No more guitar.'

Most of the time we have been pleased that Jack's language has been fairly advanced and decently understandable. This was not one of those times. Charles and I quickly said shh! Our friends who were sitting next to us could barely hold their laughter in. The only reassuring thing is that I think the choir members were old enough that they probably weren't able to hear Jack's loudly expressed opinion for which I am glad.

I use to have a poster on my bedroom door when I was a kid that said 'Sing your praises to the Lord - even if they are a little off tune.' This poster seems as though it might have been written for this particular situation. Charles and I laughed later - not because Jack yelled out so loud but because he was SO RIGHT!