Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Leaving a Voiceprint

On a recent trip to the Midwest, our family took the opportunity to tour Lambeau Field in Green Bay, WI.  We enjoyed walking through the Packer Hall of Fame and learning about the history of the team.  Part of the tour included seeing a sky suite and a brief walk on the football field.  After explaining a little bit about the field, our tour guide suggested that we try to leave a voiceprint in the stadium.  She instructed us to turn and face a specific corner of the stadium and then yell “GO PACK, GO!” in unison, as loud as possible.  We heartily complied, and were rewarded with a faint echo of our voices bouncing back to us.

It was her term “voiceprint” that caught my attention

It made me think about a footprint...

or a handprint…


…evidence that someone has been in that spot.

I began to think, “What kind of voiceprint am I leaving in the corners of my children's hearts?” 

Are my words encouraging? edifying? uplifting?

Am I speaking His truth often enough, and loudly enough, so that it will echo in their hearts and minds throughout their lives, even when I'm not there?

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.  These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.  You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.  You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.  You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”  (Deut. 6:5-9)

His Word is powerful.  It is Truth and the expression of His love for us.  When my son and daughter step out onto the field of life each day, I want to do my part as their parent in making sure that they hear His voice echoing in their minds and hearts…

"GO CHILD, GO!"

4 comments:

  1. I hope that I am leaving that sort of voiceprint on my children's hearts as well! :)

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  2. Loved this: “Am I speaking His truth often enough, and loudly enough, so that it will echo in their hearts and minds throughout their lives, even when I'm not there?”

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  3. Thanks Julie :) Great reminder and something I want to work on to leave the best voiceprint I can on my son so he can pay it forward :)

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  4. Voiceprint--I like that word! And your application of it to God's Word really made take a closer look at my witness--Am I leaving a voiceprint of God's Word with the grown children? at church? in my husband's heart?
    Thanks, Julie!

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