Fruit Inspection

Tonight was Kids Choir. I’ve been reading a really, REALLY good book called “Driven by Eternity” to pass the time while they’re in class. A book report will be in order soon, but just for the sake of this post I’m going to tell you that the chapters I read a few hours ago dealt mainly with Heaven.

So with Heaven on my mind I got the kids from their classes and loaded everybody into the car. We were heading home and it was unusually quiet in the backseat. The radio was on and it just happened to be playing a lot of songs that I knew. So I was singing and worshiping by myself behind the wheel.

Then along came a song I had not heard before. I’m really bad about changing stations when a new song comes on, but after searching a few other favorites, there wasn’t anything anywhere else I recognized either. So I stopped and listened to this:

And even though it was the first time I heard it, it immediately touched my heart. I picked up on the lyrics right away and sang every word of the refrain. I smiled as the truth sank in and tears flowed down my cheeks.

When it ended, we happened to be at a red light. I turned around and could barely contain my excitement as I told the kids about how much I loved that song. “Did you guys hear that?” I asked. “Life here on earth is so hard. There is so much pain and there is fear. But one day we will get to see Jesus’ face. We will go to Heaven and really SEE Jesus!!! It’s going to be sooo awesome!”

They were completely still and hanging on my every word. That’s how I knew it was a God moment.

Savannah asked who sang the song and I told her it was Jeremy Camp. “He has a lot of other good songs too,” I added.

That’s when Emery piped up. “I think Jeremy Camp is yucky. I only like TobyMac.”

And the moment was gone.