There is a beautiful song that our congregation sings when a child is dedicated to the church. It is simple and sung to a tune that is very much child-like. It is about how Jesus loves the child and wants the child to love Him back. It goes like this...
Hosanna, Jesus loves Isis
Hosanna, Jesus loves Isis
Yes He does, yes He does
Hosanna, Jesus loves Isis
Yes He does
Hosanna, Jesus loves Isis
Yes He does
And He wants Isis to love Him too
I have sung this song to her since the night we brought her home. I would eventually add other names of friends and family. As she got older she began to pick the names she wanted me to sing. And now, she sings the song by herself. I love to hear her traipsing through the house singing the little song, unknowingly blessing the people she sings about.
A few weeks ago she decided to make a small change. The tune is the same. So is the meter. But the words...well, I am pretty sure that when Jesus heard her sing them that night in the bathtub, He probably peed His pants in heaven because I was pretty close to peeing my pants on earth.
We were in the bathroom and Isis was in the tub. She began singing the song the way she always does. And then, the ad lib...
Hoooo-sanna, Jesus loves nasty food
Yes He does, Yes He does...
HOOO-SANNA, Jesus loves nasty food
Yes He does....
It kind of got louder and funnier all at once until we were both giggling and I'm pretty sure she understood the silliness in it all and once again I was blessed by the beauty of uninhibited innocence.
2 comments:
I love that song, too. We still sing it with our kids on car trips. Nasty food, huh? I think if we could actually see their little minds working, it would freak us out:-).
Oh Isis, mysitcal Isis. You know I saw a commercial with a Latino lady named Isis who looked about 40ish. Just odd. I like the idea of Jesus peeing his pants...or cloth loin or whatever.
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