About a year ago I started writing a song called “Love, Love, Love.” Below is a video of me playing it for my girls soon after I had written it. I wrote it to teach them about the big picture of the gospel. Starting with creation and going to Jesus dying for sins. My favorite line in the song is in the chorus when it says “He has loved you long before you could have loved Him in return.” One of the most fundamental things I want my daughters to know about God is that His action in their life on their behalf is an act of His grace. They won’t ever do a thing that could merit it. But praise God He has acted. He sent Christ to weak, feeble people in need of rescue. He has ABSOLUTELY loved us long before we could have love Him in return.
As you can see from the video the song was a big hit with my girls. Ha. It was so cool to hear them singing a song with words they could grasp…but concepts they probably won’t fully realize for a few more years. SO, the idea was birthed. Why not write a bunch of songs that will teach my girls good theology?
I read a statistic today that said parents that try to pass along some sort of religious belief to their children have a 50/50 success rate. Obviously that is taking lots of religions into account…some that I wouldn’t agree with, but the point is clear…Raising children is a fight. It’s a fight to press values into them while the world, and our own struggle with sin, fights against us. I’m praying that these songs (the 3 we’re releasing and the 6 in the hopper) will help you in that fight. I’m praying MANY fruitful discussions will happens because of these songs. I’m praying God will use these songs to help keep and protect kids. I’m praying that each of you will tell 1000 of your closest friends to go buy it on iTunes. HAHAHA. Totally kidding about that last one…well kinda.
Hope you enjoy the tunes.
daniel
It's reassuring to see that squealing and dancing in circles is the typical response from little girls when daddy plays songs for them. We can't wait to get this album, thanks for making it!
I found your music through someone's blog I read (I can't remember now). And my 3 kids all LOVE the songs and request them quite often. But recently my oldest, she's almost 5, has really been asking a lot of good questions and they are almost always in response to listening to your songs. I wanted to say THANK YOU for sharing these songs with other families who are fighting for their children's hearts, who are fighting for them to know of God's abundant love and grace. These have been so helpful in their understanding of the gospel. Thank you so much! grace and peace to you and yours, cheryl w