I put my Little Bug to bed nearly every night, and he always asks me to sing him a song. He specifically requests a song he has termed "the precious children song". And I always comply. Sometimes I ask him if he wants to sing too, and he just shakes his head. So imagine my surprise when, night before last, he suddenly piped up and sang with me on the choruses (with almost all the words being correct!):
Like the stars of the morning
His bright crown adorning,
They shall shine in their beauty:
Bright gems for His crown.
The song is one that my parents sang to me when I myself was a tiny tot, under the title of "When He Cometh". It was one of the first songs I taught myself to play by ear on the piano. I don't know how widely it is sung in the general population, however. Here are the lyrics as I learned them.
When He cometh, when He cometh
To take up His jewels,
All His jewels, precious jewels,
His loved and His own.
Like the stars of the morning
His bright crown adorning,
They shall shine in their beauty:
Bright gems for His crown.
Little children, little children
Who love their Redeemer
Are His jewels, precious jewels,
His loved and His own.
Like the stars of the morning
His bright crown adorning,
They shall shine in their beauty:
Bright gems for His crown.
The Cyber Hymnal has a MIDI of the tune and slightly different words for the lyrics. I have to pull out my keyboard to play it, and learn it on the guitar as well. I want to pass on to my Little Bug all the sweet, simple songs that my parents gave to me, because they are a part of our heritage as a family and as believers. I've never forgotten the hymns that I learned as a child and consider them to have played a tremendous role in the development and sustainment of my faith. I have reason to think that my Little Bug is responding to the words, and though he does not yet understand the full import of what Jesus has done and is for him, he knows that somehow, somewhere, there is a Redeemer who loves him and holds him as His own precious child.
4 comments:
So cool, Deb. I think that you're right on, and that these things do sink in to our kids' minds and hearts, even before they can really comprehend them.
I've sung that song to the Bug too :) He just snuggles in and smiles himself to sleep when I sing that song to him.
I love that song! I heard it the first time last winter at our Encouragement Seminar and brought home the words. What a really neat song for Nathan. And it sure is nice one of his Meema's can sing : )
What a beautiful song! Your mom mentioned it on her FFF today, and I just had to come over and read your post. Sweet!
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