Little eyes of blue and locks of gold
Who would ever know that her home was cold?
Her daddy's gone, and mommy just cries
What is the truth when you've grown up with lies?
Daddy, Daddy, come home tonight
What do you see in that other lady?
Mommy, Mommy, hold me tight
Will your love be yes, no, or maybe?
Will somebody love me, 'cause I can't find it here
I'm surrounded by this uncommon fear
Who's gonna love little hearts?
Who's gonna love the little hearts?
A little boy is bruised, both his head and his heart
Where will it end? Why did it ever start?
Alone in a corner, uncovered and cold
No excuse for abuse of the body and soul
Daddy, Daddy, why do you fight?
And why do you drink away your life?
Mommy, Mommy, why do you cry
for your battered son when you're a battered wife?
Will somebody hold me, 'cause I won't be held here
except by this uncommon fear
Who's gonna love little hearts?
'Cause little hearts have great big hurts
Who's gonna love little hearts?
Who's gonna love the little hearts?
Sixteen years old, a child carries her own
The boy she loves has left her all alone
She's made her choice, but the baby she'll lose
Never has a voice, nor a chance to choose
Daddy, Daddy, why do you run?
Do you understand the damage you've done?
Mommy, Mommy, somebody cares
and there's a good home for me out there
Somebody will love me, someone has room
Should a mother's womb welcome her baby's doom?
Who's gonna love little hearts?
'Cause little hearts have great big hurts.
Who's gonna love little hearts?
Who's gonna love the little hearts?
Jesus loves little hearts.
Jesus died for little hearts.
Shouldn't you and I love little hearts?
[©1989 Jimmy Davis]
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Little Hearts
Monday, July 21, 2008
Making The Bible Real To Our Kids
Moses wants the Israelites to take the word of God to heart....He urges them to be dominated by God’s word. He warns them against treating these words as idle, empty words. The words of God are life to the people of God. Parents, this is where it starts. Is the word of God your life? Before you can expect your children to respond to God, you must lead the way by treasuring the words of God as your very life. God’s word is life (Deuteronomy 8:3).
Parenting without this dependence upon the Word will leave you exhausted and your children exasperated. In the next few posts we will look at the contrast between idle words and words of life in parenting. If you are going to effectively shepherd your children, God’s Word must be life to you.
Read the whole post here. It's worth it...and it looks like this is the start of a series.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
What We Want for Our Teenagers
I was just talking with some dads of teenagers about this at breakfast this morning. Our culture does have “low expectations” for teenagers, but then so do our churches. Too often the highest aim of our churches is “getting kids involved in church and/or service activities” and “getting them saved” rather than showing them what it means to treasure Jesus more than doing good things and going to heaven.
[HT: 22 Words Blog]
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Gospel-Saturated Parenting
Parents, successful parenting is more than compliant kids. It is gospel-saturated living and teaching. Show your children how Christ, crucified for our sins, and Christ, raised for our justification, and Christ, showing the Father’s love, and Christ, guaranteeing the Spirit’s daily help—show them how this gospel is not just something that begins the Christian life but empowers it and shapes and sustains it. Pray and love and teach your children until Christbreaks in on their hearts and becomes their Treasure.
May God give us a vision for the next generation that glorifies the gospel of Christ, and leads thousands of young people to the cross where they find forgiveness of sins, and broken-hearted humility, and Christ-exalting courage to rebel against low expectations and “do hard things.”
