The other day in the car, it went like this:
My oldest daughter was singing softly a new song from church….”My God is great-er…My God is great-er”
I looked up from driving and glanced in the rearview mirror. I was happy to hear my firstborn sing such a lovely song. It made me proud. It made me think: I MUST BE DOING A GOOD JOB.
A second little girl’s voice joined in the chorus. In sweet , clear lyrics, she echoed her older sister… “My God is greater…”
This went on for a minute or two. I was bursting with pride at my cherubs daughters.
And then in a swift moment, without ANY WARNING, the song of the younger become… “MY God is greater than YOURS…” and there was a competitive edge to her voice.
To which her sister responded…”No, MY God is GREATER than YOUR GOD!”
And then it downward spiraled into an all out WAR of who’s God was greater.
Yours or Mine.
The end.
</holy moment>
P.S. At some point I should probably explain it’s THE SAME GOD, huh?
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That is too funny! Good luck w/ explaining that one.
My super competitive son taught my daughter that losing was great. When she’d run somewhere, she’d throw her hands over her head and squeal, “I lose! I lose!”
My middle son taught the same thing to my youngest. When the middle says “I won!”, the youngest throws his hand in the air, “I lose!” It’s kind of annoying, but really funny at the same time!
Hahahaha!! I love it
ha! funny how their actions can make us run through our entire repetoire of emotions in just a minute and a half
Anyone who has children should never question the concept of total depravity. As sweet and wonderful as they are, they’re born with a nature that says, “it’s all about me!”
And… you are doing a good job, even when they’re arguing about whose God is greater in the back seat!
Ahhh… the joys of sibiling rivalry! Thanks for the giggle.
I love it, one day last week my 4 year old was singing about her God and how he saves her and loves her and she is a sinner and I walked in the living room and her dancing looked like something from a strip joint. no idea where they learn it but definitly teaching moments
Kids are great! I love it!
i think that’s a good fight.
challenge them… “Who’s God is greater? Why?”
My 5 year old daughter tries to sing this song in the car too, but when the chorus says “My God is Healer” she says “My God is Humor.” I like to think that God does kind of get a little chuckle out of that one!
This is so hilarious! And I can so totally relate. Love it.
Yeah, I believe we have had the same backseat war over the same song. “My God is STRONGER!!!”
Very cute!
Oh, that is adorable!
Ah yes…isn’t it just lovely? Every morning Hubs and I wake up to “it’s MY mommy!”, “No! it’s MY mommy!”, “MY DADDY!!!”, “NOOO…MY DADDDDYYYYY!!!!!”. I suppose we should be flattered, but seriously, it’s not what we want to hear when we first wake up.
That is just HILARIOUS! And I love that you are not too prideful to share it. Thank you for making all of us weirdos feel a little less weird.
Love it. My kids are all about the sibling rivalry right now – the two younger are currently fighting over whose baby brother it is that I’m pregnant with! The two older are fight over which is better – one wants to be a nun and the other wants to be a mom! I’ve been dealing with it by telling them to go tell their father!
They really do find amazing things to argue about
Ahh the little darlins! Remember theologians they are not!!
When my husband was being ordained….my son told my middle dauther, “We can’t go see our
Dad right now…he’s being worshipped!”.
Eek! Right in front of the Chairman of the deacons wife (she giggled, I cringed).
Oops!
Sorry!
Daughter.
PS
They were toddlers at the time!
Haha great stories
Was the song they were singing called “Our God” by Chris Tomlin? One of my favorites so I was just wondering 
Nahhh…I’m more interested in who won! LOL
LOL…that is so funny!
My husband and I just finished telling our boys about brothers in the Bible. We explained that it’s not good when brothers fight (Cain and Able, Jacob and Esau, etc.). We put them to bed, only to find a bloody book fight 10 minutes later. Read all about it……http://rodriguezrockstars.blogspot.com/2010/08/if-you-put-boys-in-bed.html
That sounds like something my guys would fight over!
I do remember a couple of years ago, we were talking about going to heaven and my middle son decided that he would go to heaven with Jesus and his brother would go to heaven with God.
Like you – maybe I should tell them it’s the same?
Oh thats so funny. Kids aye?