This past Sunday, the choir at church sang a song called “More Like You”. Here are the lyrics:
More like you, Jesus, more like you.
Fill my heart with your desire to make me more like you.
More like you, Jesus more like you.
Touch my lips with holy fire and make me more like you.
Lord, you are my mercy. Lord, you are my grace.
All my deepest sins have forever been erased.
Draw me in your presence. Lead me in your ways.
I long to bring you glory in righteousness and praise.
So I’m warming up with the choir before the worship service and I’m holding my son in my arms as I sing these words. And I look down at him as I’m singing the line, ‘more like you’. And I think to myself, ‘maybe God wants me to be more like Isaac’. Here’s how I believe I could learn a thing or two from my son: Isaac, most of the time, is very laid back. He goes to anyone, opening his arms to everyone. Isaac does not worry, I don’t think, yet. He allows himself to be fed, although that is getting trickier and trickier as the days pass. He takes naps, waking up refreshed and happy. He looks people in the eye, although sometimes he stares. He gets excited about very simple things. He’s fearless, not thinking about falling, only about how much fun it is to stand. He goes to bed early, getting enough sleep to face the next day, most of the time.
As I thought about all of this, the line that says we must have faith like a child came to mind. Maybe Jesus was on to something there.
