Thursday, May 10, 2012

Be careful

There is a song that I sing to my "little sister" Hannah, "Oh be careful little eyes what you see, Oh be careful little eyes what you see, for the Father up above is watching down with love, Oh be careful little eyes what you see, Oh be careful little ears what you hear, Oh be careful little ears what you hear, for the Father up above is watching down with love, Oh be careful little ears what you hear." It goes on three more times "be careful little feet where you go, be careful little mouth what you say and be careful little hands what you do." Hannah asked my what that means so I explained to her what each verse stood for (as best as I could).

 EYES~ Be careful what you watch, are you always watching a TV show or movie or even reading a book that is glorifying to God? EARS~ You know those jokes that are "so funny" but wrong, as in if your mom knew you had heard that joke and chose to listen she would ground you? You need to be careful with jokes and now a days especially song lyrics, they may seem funny or cool but if they are wrong, then they are wrong period you shouldn't second guess whether or not its okay to listen to an inappropriate song, because if Jesus wouldn't listen to it neither should you. FEET~ This one was a little harder to explain because of the fact that Hannah is 8, if your mom told you to stay in your room, stay in your room! But for older kids it may be, "You cant go to that party" then you sneak off and go anyway. MOUTH~ Swearing, BAD! Lying, BAD! Mocking someone, BAD! Spreading/starting rumors, BAD! Talking back to your parents, BAD BAD BAD!! There are many more examples of  bad stuff that comes out of your mouth like, dirty jokes, inappropriate songs, and much more. HANDS~ Don't hit people, don't do acts of kindness just so you can get praise.

This song stands for more than just your physical body, to be a christian you must do everything to glorify God. Use the saying wwjd and switch it up a bit, wwjlt = what would Jesus listen to, wjltts/j = would Jesus listen to that song/joke, and you can have fun yourself coming up with other ones.

I am still working on all of this myself, there is always room for improvement 

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