Our house has a small room below one of the bedrooms. It was originally a big water tank below the generator house before there was electricity at the bible institute. The room had been used for a division of Child Evangelism Fellowship. However, since the ministry has chosen new leadership who live in Tijuana, they have only needed to get into the room a little over the past year. Once or twice. It was full of materials for CEV, some dating as far back as 2010. So, with the help of our boys, we relocated the materials to a new location that was used for storage. Over the weekend, I redesigned a massive shelf built over 15 years ago. It was therapeutic to have a project that would be the new home of my tools. It is a small room with no windows but more than enough space to spread out from my current space. I made a shelf about four feet by six feet in our schoolroom office. My wife observed that this space was not adequate for all the tools I had been collecting. Ron has handed me a table saw and chop saw for free!
So, as I was working last night on finishing up the shelf, a song came up on my Spotify that brought back a rush of memories. You may remember Integrities worship tapes that came out in the early 90's called Hosanna Music. This one was called the Lord Reigns. What came to my mind were the days when my dad, Jay Clark, was a part of the worship team at church. My dad was a quiet man, but he enjoyed singing with the worship team. The worship team was involved in singing on one of those Hosanna tapes. I was pretty young at the time, maybe 13 or 14. I remember seeing my dad on stage doing something for the Lord like that. It made me proud to be his son, and I want to be like him. I had forgotten all about this until that song came on. All of a sudden, it was like I was right back there as a kid, thinking how cool it was that my dad was going to record singing worship music. I wonder what my dad would think about this now. I wonder if he felt he was blessing the Lord with his singing and being an example to his children to use the gifts and talents He has given each of us. The scripture that comes to mind is that Paul writes, 1 Corinthians 10:31: "So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God."
What am I doing to glorify God in my life? Do my kids see an example of someone who is willing to serve the Lord? Lord, give me the eyes to see how I can be a godly example to my kids and those around me.
So, as I was working last night on finishing up the shelf, a song came up on my Spotify that brought back a rush of memories. You may remember Integrities worship tapes that came out in the early 90's called Hosanna Music. This one was called the Lord Reigns. What came to my mind were the days when my dad, Jay Clark, was a part of the worship team at church. My dad was a quiet man, but he enjoyed singing with the worship team. The worship team was involved in singing on one of those Hosanna tapes. I was pretty young at the time, maybe 13 or 14. I remember seeing my dad on stage doing something for the Lord like that. It made me proud to be his son, and I want to be like him. I had forgotten all about this until that song came on. All of a sudden, it was like I was right back there as a kid, thinking how cool it was that my dad was going to record singing worship music. I wonder what my dad would think about this now. I wonder if he felt he was blessing the Lord with his singing and being an example to his children to use the gifts and talents He has given each of us. The scripture that comes to mind is that Paul writes, 1 Corinthians 10:31: "So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God."
What am I doing to glorify God in my life? Do my kids see an example of someone who is willing to serve the Lord? Lord, give me the eyes to see how I can be a godly example to my kids and those around me.
