{"id":16600,"date":"2026-03-10T13:10:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/evenings-with-jesus-a-lullaby-leads-to-a-love-of-god\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:01:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:01:55","slug":"evenings-with-jesus-a-lullaby-leads-to-a-love-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/daily-devotions\/evenings-with-jesus-a-lullaby-leads-to-a-love-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Evenings with Jesus: A Lullaby Leads to a Love of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"longdesc-return-2116481\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2116481\" tabindex=\"-1\" src=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ewj_book_cover.jpg.optimal3.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of Evenings with Jesus devotional\" width=\"249\" height=\"360\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles?longdesc=2116481&amp;referrer=86799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ewj_book_cover.jpg.optimal3.jpg 249w, https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ewj_book_cover.jpg.optimal3-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/>Both of our boys are grown now and <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-family\/6-prayers-for-a-new-grandchild\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently blessed with boys of their own,<\/a> Baby Ricky in San Francisco and Baby Silas in New York, only a half a block away from his adoring grandparents.<\/p>\n<p>A recent text exchange from these new fathers went out coast-to-coast about lullabies, which was the best to sing.<\/p>\n<p>As I read the exchange it occurred to me that the boys\u2014okay, I still think of them as that, even though they are grown men\u2014might be reminded of something I wrote about in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopguideposts.org\/non-fiction-books\/faith-prayer\/prayer\/evenings-with-jesus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Evenings With Jesus<\/em>,<\/a> recalling the lullaby we sang to them every night, and they sang with us. \u201cTender shepherd, tender shepherd, let me help you count your sheep\u2026\u201d A round that we did together.<\/p>\n<p>We live in a big city and<a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/angels\/the-power-of-choosing-a-babys-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> our grandsons are being raised<\/a> in one too. So how would they know about sheep and shepherds? Maybe just like their fathers did.<\/p>\n<p>I turned back to\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopguideposts.org\/non-fiction-books\/faith-prayer\/prayer\/evenings-with-jesus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evenings With Jesus<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and read what I wrote: \u201cThe closest firsthand experience that my own children had with shepherds and sheep was when they performed in the Christmas pageant at church. Some years they were cast as shepherds and sometimes they played the role of the sheep, \u2018baaaaa-ing\u2019 their way up the church\u2019s center aisle. They frolicked in fuzzy wool costumes, making their way to Mary and Joseph and the Baby in the manger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite limited knowledge of real sheep, they did come to <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/better-living\/emotional-and-mental-health\/feeling-lost-and-alone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">know the Good Shepherd<\/a> and learned through Sunday school lessons that He would look after them, just as Carol and I did.<\/p>\n<p>If I wondered how they would do as fathers themselves\u2026well, they proved it as kids:<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">\u201cOne year on <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/honoring-our-fathers-hold-a-good-thought\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Father\u2019s Day<\/a>, our older son, Will, declared that he and his brother would put\u00a0<em>us<\/em>\u00a0to bed. First they made sure we brushed our teeth and they tucked us in. They listened quietly as we said our prayers, then they turned out the light.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">\u201cCarol and I lay there in bed, whispering, wondering how they would get to bed on their own that night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">\u201cWe needn\u2019t have worried A few minutes after they\u2019d left us, we heard them down the hall in their bedroom, singing their usual bedtime prayer, \u2018Tender shepherd, tender shepherd, let me help you count your sheep\u2026\u2019 After a while all was quiet. The Good Shepherd was with them. 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