It's Your Life

I saw a post on FB today I love music...it can speak for you.  I like that, it always seems I hear the right song at the right time, whether the lyrics resonate with me, or the beat lifts my spirits.  Problem is...I can't carry a tune!  In fact I'm pretty sure I am tone deaf!  But I've decided over the years that it isn't about how my singing sounds....it's about how it makes me feel.  Today Tyler and Alli and I sang our hearts out to Francesca Battistelli.   I love the words to It's Your Life
     It's your life
     Watcha gonna do?
     The world is watchin you
     Every day the choices you make
     Say what you are
     And who your heart beats for
     It's an open door
As their little elementary voices belted these words with passion and conviction my heart smiled.  Heads back, eyes closed they sang.  I tilted the rear view mirror to enjoy the view.  Hearts singing for the love of singing and more importantly for the love of God.   

They aren't too young to miss the meaning behind the words.  They get it, and I can see it the passion they pour into the song.   It is so profound to me that we can use lyrics to current music to teach our children.  That every simple small thing we expose them to will resonate in their souls.  Sometimes for good, often for bad.    The choices we make as parents, the little ones, like what will they hear and see...they shape their world views.  The choices I make, not only say whom and what I am, but what I wish for my children to be. 

Right now, my life's work is raising my children...I hope they can see who my heart beats for.  I hope they keep that beat for each new song they sing.  
    To live the way that you believe
    this is your opportunity
   to let your life be one that lights the way