Pastor Jon

Born into a christian family with strong values, I grew up putting God first in my life. Music was always a part of my life, especially since my dad was a worship pastor. My moms dad would always take some time when we would visit, to sit me on his lap and try to teach me chords on his guitar. I cant remember him ever playing anything, but I knew he was really good. He would put me on his lap and put a guitar in mine. Then he would take my fingers with his giant hands and push them firmly on the strings. It wasnt long before I would wiggle off his lap from complaining of the pain on the tips of my fingers. One day when my aunt and uncle came to visit us, they had one of my grandpas guitars with them and said, Grandpa wants you to practice and the next time you visit him, you will know how to play alittle. A guitar, amp, chord book, and a pick they handed me, and I was excited. However, a couple hard plucks and several strings snapped and I put the guitar away. Not to long after that, my grandpa who just wanted to put alittle of himself into me passed away. I hated myself for the longest time for not learning to play for him. It only took a couple months after his death for me to learn to play descent. Even today, I long to sit on his lap just one more time with a guitar in mine, playing for him. Showing him he impacted my life. Thats how I feel as though God feels about us. When we were children He would put us on his and show us who He was. As we grew up, we became selfish and did things our own way. He died for us so that we might live forever. Just like my grandpa, I hate when I slip up. I cant help but feel like I am letting Him down. The childrens ministry is so important to me. The need to be held so tightly and shown the correct way to live. I wish my grandpa would have held me tighter, but I am thankful that he took the time to share his heart. I still have his guitar and will never part with it. It could be worth money, and I have been accused of thinking I would part with it, but it has a deeper meaning with me than just its title or melody. Its the connection I have with a man that I know this day is watching me from heaven. One day, I hope my son will come to appreciate a grandpa he never got the chance to meet, but a simple 12 string electric guitar passed from me to him will show some revelation of what kind of man he was. From the love of music, I found myself wanting kids to experience a King David- a man after Gods own heart- kind of worship. So here I am, a simple man who wants to see a very young generation become giant worshippers after a dying world.