How can I keep from singing?

Amidst the heightened struggles that we have had lately, there has been a constant reminder that our trials are in perspective. Throughout his life, Dawson has never gone more than a few hours in a day without singing. This music-making has never been far away for him, and as a result, the bad times can never last long.
Lately, he has been seemingly singing more than normal. It's been amazing seeing how even after a few days into the week, he'll suddenly be singing and remembering a new song that he learned in church on Sunday. The memory is astounding. It's as though he has a photographic memory in a musical sense.
And the way he sings from the heart! We are always encouraged when he'll be singing "Show Your power oh Lord our God. Show your Power oh Lord, our God," in his very broken pronunciation. It's as though he believes absolutely every word that he is singing (we could all learn something from that when we worship).
And the pitch! I don't know many kids that can sing with such near perfect pitch. It's actually been fun in the last while, because he can carry his voice quite well now, that it allows me to occasionally sing in harmony to him. For me as a regular leader of worship, it's a dream come true!
I hope that if you're reading this, that you can also be encouraged by someone making music. I'll leave with these words from one of my favorite sections in Psalms (95:1-3), and words that Dawson seems to testify to us every day;
"Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.
For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods."
With words like that, how can we keep from singing? -t

He will come through-Always

We grew up believing in the simple concept that when times became seemingly unbearable, God would never allow us to experience more than we were able to bear.
This concept has become more real than ever as time goes on.
In our entries, we have often expressed the difficulties Dawson has regarding nighttime. In the last few weeks, it has gotten worse than normal. Dawson frequently gets up at 2, 3, 4 and so on. Often he falls back asleep, but often, he is up for the day. This of course becomes very tiresome as you can imagine.
It was becoming almost too much to handle. Then, as we have grown to realize, God provided a beautiful little reprieve for us. One of our many loved ones offered to watch him for both nights on the weekend at our place. How amazing! See, it never fails. Good is good.
Now, I'd love to expand on this thought, but for now, I'm still tired, and I'll just close to say that first of all, God is always good- He has proven over and over, that He will come through. Second, we have an incredible group of supporting cast around Dawson. Amazing. Now it's time to go to bed. -t