Precious Times

Thursday night as we were having family worship, thankfulness filled my heart. I was sitting and watching my husband teach and lead our family as we worshiped the LORD. It was such a sweet sight. My son was sitting in the chair with Shane, as Shane read from the Bible, and two of my girls were sitting on the couch with me, one on my lap, and one cuddled next to me (the baby was asleep in the bed). Ten years ago, I would have never thought that I would be experiencing something so sweet. I would have never imagined me dear husband leading our family in worship.

When Shane and I were dating, neither one of us had even heard of family worship. When we were first married, we would pray together each night, but that was about the extent of our time together with the LORD (besides church).

Family worship is relatively new in our family. It's been going on at the Bradley household for about two or three years. It is such a sweet time. Now, each night, if it's getting a bit late, one of the kids will ask, “Are we going to have family worship?” You cannot say no to that!

The LORD has been so gracious to us by bringing us where we are in our lives. I just would have never thought that we would have such sweet times as a family, worshiping the LORD. It's so touching to hear a 6, 3 and 2 year-old sing the Doxology, or to hear them participate in saying the Beatitudes.

I thank the LORD for blessing us with these moments, and these precious times.