Yesterday was the day: I finally felt brave enough to pass out kazoos to my kindergarten music students. “We’ve been in school for almost six months,” I reassured myself. “Surely, they’re ready.”
First, a thorough demonstration was in order. I took out a kazoo and showed the children what happens when you simply blow into it. Nothing. “Boys and Girls, you need to go like this, ‘toot, toot, toot’, for the kazoo to make noise. I tooted without the kazoo, then I tooted with it–to help them connect the dots.
The moment of truth, or consequence, was at hand. I passed out the instruments and prepared to lead the children in a rousing rendition of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, accompaniment by guitar and lead kazoo (that’s me).🤠
Most of my young friends got the knack of it, but two literally stopped the music. They came up to me–mid song–in tears: “It’s broken!” “I can’t make it work.” I checked their kazoos; both were in operational condition. “Are you going ‘toot, toot, toot‘ like I told you?” I asked, smiling.
“Waaaaaaah!”😭
We returned to the song, but the two miffed musicians were just getting started. They went back to their seats but continued to boo hoo and wail like nobody’s business. Suddenly, one of them sent their red kazoo flying–bouncing it off the bathroom door.
Thankfully, the other forty-two children in the room paid them no mind. I forged ahead and let the rabble rousers calm down on their own.
“For I know the plans I have for you” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
These are comforting words for every child of God. But when His plans for us involve something new and untried, they can be harder to believe.
Confession: The Lord has given me an assignment, setting everything up. All I needed to do was play along. But I had little resilience. At the first obstacle, I stopped trying and started crying–“I can’t do this. It doesn’t work!”
“Waaaaaaah!”😭
The Holy Spirit said, with a smile, “Are you going ‘toot, toot, toot’ like I told you?”
Kind reader, exploring new territory in our walk with God can easily lead to spiritual “kazoo snafus.” But, never fear, God’s GPS is spot on.
If the Lord delights in a man’s way, he makes his steps firm; though he stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.
Psalm 37:23-24 (NIV)
Thank you for reading. 🙏❤️ prayers and love.
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