A moment's thankfulness

Last week was a normal worship service at church. Evan and I were standing and singing along and I noticed the boy and girl in front of me weren't singing. That didn't seem out of the ordinary. They are in or close to junior high and I know I didn't really sing in church much when I was their age. Then I started thinking about the people who I don't usually see sing in church, because you know, that's what worship time in church is for. I thought, hmmm, I think a lot of men don't usually sing along and I looked at the father in the family and he was singing. At that moment I felt a deep sense of thankfulness and started thinking about the other men who I know sing: Garen, Tim, Jason, Steve, Evan and so many others and thought how delighted I am that their daughters and especially sons are able to see them doing this for the Lord. Then during the service I noticed this particular father had gotten a bible from the back of the church and was looking up the passage Pastor Al was talking about and an even bigger sense of thankfulness and praise overwhelmed me because his children were also seeing this. I know a lot of times, especially around college guys, it is easy for me to be like "Where are all the steadfast men?" And at that moment, I felt like God was saying "They are right here." Praise the Lord that he is faithful and that there are men who are faithful and who model a life of Christ likeness in the moments when they may not even think or realize they are.