Cinderella

I finally decided to start a blog because of this story... throughout my day, I have various thoughts that I feel God leading me to share with my friends and family. Much of the time I'm not sure why, but I'm sure that it's Him leading me to it...so I usually share. Then God put this thought on my heart...start a blog and you can share it with more than just your friends and family but with everyone!

Some of you have heard the song 'Cinderella' -- sung by Steven Curtis Chapman, a contemporary christian singer/songwriter. If not, you can listen right here. I would highly recommend listening to this heartfelt song... This artist talks about why he wrote this song... it started because he was rushing through bathtime with his youngest two daughters and they kept stalling, which we all know with little ones it the case much of the time! After he rushed through and put them in bed, he felt God lay on his heart the fact that he shouldn't take any single moment for granted in his child's life, he needed to cherish them all. He went back to the studio and wrote this song. The lyrics to the song are so beautiful - take a look here.

So I will dance with Cinderella
While she is here in my arms
'Cause I know something the prince never knew
Oh, I will dance with Cinderella
I don't want to miss even one song
'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnight
And she'll be gone...

On May 21 (just 6 days before the scheduled release of this album...) his youngest adopted daughter, Maria was run over and killed. How powerful is the message of this song?

This was taken from his website:

"In October, Chapman released his first new album in 3 years, centered around the theme of celebrating every moment of our lives. With the loss of his daughter in a tragic accident on May 21, 2008, this thread seems all the more important. The Cinderella Edition released on May 27th, planned months before Maria Chapmans death, highlights the album’s best known track, inspired by a bath time encounter with Stevey Joy and her sister Maria."

I think we are all guilty of rushing through our lives, just trying to make it to work, rush home to cook dinner, rush through bath time, storytime, bedtime, just to wake up and do it all over again. Those things are all important but God has been speaking to me is that no matter how much we desire a clean house, or new things... what's more important is spending quality time together with your family and friends and making sure that everyone around you knows how much they mean to you. We take for granted there is always tomorrow but that isn't always the case. How do you spend the little moments during your day?