A Gift

I was leaving church after the last service to grab a cup of ice from the gas station when a young girl about the same age as my daughter came running after me.

"Lukey's mom! Lukey's mom!" she called. 

I call my son Luke. Everyone else on the planet calls him Lukey so I am outvoted.

I turned around and she said, "You have a wonderful voice! You sang that song and I just love it now!"

"That's a gift from God," I said, "and thank you for your kind words."

I was part of the Worship Team today and one of the songs we used in the worship set was Restless by was Audrey Assad. It's a beautiful song, and God can use it no matter who is singing.

I think it's important, especially for a child, to know that God gives us these gifts and that we can offer them right back in worship to Him. When someone tells me that I did a great job it can be uncomfortable for me because my human nature and ego want to take that praise and keep it.

For God's gifts and his call can never be withdrawn.
Romans 11:29 NLT

But I know that He gave me this gift and the glory belongs to Him. So I pass the praise right back to him. So when someone, like the child, tells me I sang wonderfully, well then "praise God," "God is good" and "it's a gift from God."