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Have a Little Talk with Jesus


Song Lyrics: Have a Little Talk with Jesus

I once was lost in sin, but Jesus took me in
And then a little light from heaven filled my soul.
He bathed my heart in love and wrote my name above
And just a little talk with Jesus made me whole.

Now let us have a little talk with Jesus
Let us tell him all about our troubles
He will hear our faintest cry and He will answer by and by.
Now when you feel a little prayer wheel turning
Then you'll know a little fire is burning
You will find a little talk with Jesus makes it right.

Continuing on with my car-thought-ramblings from the other day – Veggie Tales have struck again! We like to sing in the car and I can handle Veggie Tales over and over again, as that is usually the request of my little guy. As a child, I didn’t know many of what I will call “Sunday School Songs,” and so when I heard the song “Just a little talk with Jesus,” my heart did a little jump!

The way this song teaches our children also gives a key lesson for how we should teach ourselves! We teach our kids to “have a little talk with Jesus,” – we talk about telling Jesus everything (and I am sure some of the things that children describe to him in great detail could go better left unsaid – but I am hopeful they make him smile!) But that goes for us to – as adults we need to have a little talk with Jesus several times a day! To talk about not only troubles, but sins, prayer requests, praises, and thanks.

And what do the next lines say? That Jesus will hear our faintest cry and he will answer by and by. Go ahead and read that again. Jesus will hear your faintest cry and he will answer by and by. We are not teaching our children they have to shout their troubles to the Lord…their faintest cry is heard. That goes for you too! You can “think” your troubles to the Lord and he will hear you. But you have to be patient for that “by and by” because that is on His time, and not your own.

By encouraging our children to have “little” talks with Jesus, we are encouraging them to build their relationship with their Lord. I pray you do the same! When you feel that little “prayer wheel” turning in your head or heart – take some time and have a little talk with Jesus. I feel like focusing in on that one word – “little.” When you have a talk with Jesus, it doesn’t always have to be about big things. Tell him about your day. Tell him about the sunshine, or a troubling email you had at work, or even a negative thought you had toward your child or spouse. It is in talking with Jesus about the little things that make the big things easier to broach (or at least that is what my mind is saying at this second). Talking with Jesus makes it right – and that my dears, is the kind of “right” we are searching for!

Closing Prayer:

Thank you Lord, for speaking to me through a song meant for my child! I love how you use so many means to get our attention and get those thought wheels moving. Please help me to always teach my child to “have a little talk with You.” Even when our children cannot talk to us – they can talk to You, and your ears are never impatient and your arms are always open. Thank you for that! Amen. 

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