confessions of a Pastor

I knew that title would draw your attention, and get you salivating at the mouth. Looking for a chance to hear some juicy confession os some deep dark secret that I struggle with, well, sorry it's not going to be quite that great.
I'm not saying we have done anywhere close to a great job of raising our children. As a matter of fact there are times when people probably think P.J. is raised by monkeys or a pack of wolves or such. Believe it or not she is growing into exactly what I had hoped for, things are going just as planned, but today I want to tell you about Alexa, not so much to brag but to show you haw she keeps us in check.
With the gift of an ipod for Christmas from my parents and the lack of reasons to buy a new cd right now I listen to the radio when I forget my Ipod.
Well, Saturday I forgot my Ipod going to the races and Alexa rode along with me. It was just the two of us she sat in the back of the Suburban where she could do a puzzle and stretch out and read. I was driving and it all started out good listening to a Christian radio station, until about the other side of Green Cove Springs. After that point there is no Christian radio station that can be picked up so I just let the scanner take over. I just scan around and listen to whatever on the way to the races, and really I was more in thought than listening anyway. Then, a voice from the back says, "Daddy, why are we listening to this music?" I was caught completely off guard and had little or no answer, "Because I can't get the Christian stations any more."
Then she climbed over the seat grabbed the cd holder that Tara has and picks out a cd for us to listen to.
Proverbs 16:6
Train a child in the way he should go,and when he is old he will not turn from it.
There you go, Christian music is so much a part of Alexa's life that she won't settle for listening to anything else. I'm sure at some point I may be blogging about my struggles to get her to listen to Christian music, but for right now I am praying daily for her continued influence on me.
Train them up, saturate them in what is good, soak their ears with the Word and Christian music and hope that they will never stray from it.
Thanks for reading and have a great day!