At age 8, my daughter loves Hannah Montana & High School Musical, iCarly & Limited Too. Even as a toddler, she's had this innate sense of fashion; an eye for what the world would call "cool" or "in". (I know I sound old. I am.) I remember holding her in my arms as she eyes a fashionista teen, and literally looks her up and down, stopping enough time to analyze the shoes. My girl knows. It's important to be beautiful and to live up to the undefinable standard. As her favorite disney people are growing up, so are the issues in the shows and songs. I've changed a few things and given them some guidelines for watching, but mostly I've prayed that God would bring into their lives some "cool", "in" role models that would validate or confirm our value system. Mom & Dad are just old people with "rules", but when a cool type person comes along and values the same life philosophies they believe in...oh the power.
Last year, a student came into a voice lesson with a song I'd never heard, by a girls band called barlowgirl. About the same time, Grace used her "RiverBucks" to "buy" a CD by the same band. We love it! We listen to it all the time. Just recently, I read more about this group and learned that they're college-aged sisters, and this is their key message: "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will." Romans 12:2
Thanks, Lord....You rock....again.
