
“Did ‘Mimi’ teach you to do that?” my son wondered aloud as he watched his twenty-month-old daughter raise her hands as she sang along with Steve Green’s
Hosanna
, a song from his album
Hide ‘em In Your Heart
. After realizing how much my granddaughter loved the song, I’d given her the cassette tape my son, himself, had listened to as a child. I remember the first time I played the tape for her and how amazed I was when she raised her hands upon first hearing that song. Y’see, although we’ve had a diversity of worship experiences, for more than a decade we’ve worshiped in Baptist churches, and Baptists generally do not raise their hands. Why? Baptists are taught that raising ones hands can lend itself to being showy, distracting, and prideful. So when I saw Gracie so freely and spontaneously raise her hands to
Hosanna
, I…
April 16th, 2014 at 9:07 am
Love love live this post! I feel like I’m raising my hands all the time when I am praising God – even when I’m not at that particular time – because of the inner excitement and reverence. Love this post because it reminds me to be full of those things for The Lord just like your granddaughter. 🙂
April 16th, 2014 at 1:31 pm
Thank you, Heather! 🙂