They're Listening

In the car today I was listening to Third Day's "Sing a Song", in which they repeat the word "holy" often. In the middle of the song, Lexi piped up, "What is holy, Mommy?" It took me a minute to figure out what she was saying, but when I did, I was excited to explain. I bypassed the literal, I-have-a-Bible-degree definitions (which are "set apart" and "without sin") and went with a word I knew Lexi had in her vocabulary. I said, "Holy means perfect; God is holy - He's perfect." Our conversation ended there, but it reminded me that she is listening and thinking about everything she hears, even song lyrics. I was glad I was listening to Third Day so I could have that teachable moment with her. And I was glad I WASN'T listening to anything from, say, the Top 100 Pop Hits on the Billboard Chart this week... The last thing I need is my two year old asking me what various obscenities and sexual innuendos mean, but I digress.