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Beautiful feet that remind me of good news.

Day three of Grandma vacation bible school was grand for this grandma.

We breakfasted on baby pancakes while we read about David and Goliath. The first thing we discussed is how many people in bible times, presumably men, had beards.  Looking at the pictures we noted a remarkable resemblance to Uncle Dave. Well I did anyway.

So this little David, although too young for a beard at this point, did a remarkable thing. He stood up to a giant no else would.

As my charge sipped water from his sippy cup,  I tried to remember a song that ranked in the top 10 for my children. Funny how things that are ingrained  in our memory can be so inaccessible sometimes but thanks to a quick you tube search, it all came back:

Only a boy named David
Only a little sling
Only a boy named David â€©But he could pray and sing â€©Only a boy named David â€©Only a little brook
Only a boy named David 
And  5 little stones he took
And one little stone went into the sling 
And the sling went round and round

And one little stone went into the sling 
And the sling went round and round

And round and round
And round and round

And round and round it went
And one little stone went up in the air
And the giant came tumbling down[splat]



Watching his little face as he soaked in this classic song, for the first time, complete with  hand movements gave me a chance to experience it for the first time as well: that a young lad too young for a beard could do great things for his people because of his trust in the Lord.

That is one of the blessings a baby, a child, gives us: the wonder of seeing something old as brand new. The amazing things of this life that have lost their amazement: all things are new again.

Get down on the floor with a little one and they will show you what I mean, or consider the words of a song by George Beverly Shea, The Wonder of It All

There's the wonder of sunset at evening,
The wonder as sunrise I see;
But the wonder of wonders that thrills my soul
Is the wonder that God loves me.

Refrain
O, the wonder of it all! The wonder of it all!
Just to think that God loves me.
O, the wonder of it all! The wonder of it all!
Just to think that God loves me.

Verse 2
There's the wonder of springtime and harvest,
The sky, the stars, the sun;
But the wonder of wonders that thrills my soul
Is a wonder that's only begun.