more joy, please!

so we went caroling for a bit last night w/ the jr. high youth. i took brady and kristyn with -- they were so excited to go, they practiced their carols on the way home yesterday from the dentist. we went to a few homes; some folks were not home, some didn't answer the door; we ended up singing at 3 places before heading home to prepare for the youth party at our home. i can't believe how much my boy wanted to sing -- he was psyched to go to each house and sing about Jesus. i'm not sure he actually did sing, but he sure wanted to.

and he was super bummed when we had to leave early -- direct quote -- "all those other people are happy right now cuz they are caroling, and i'm not cuz we have to go home." that stops a daddy in his tracks. he was honestly sad that he couldn't knock on stranger's doors and sing christmas songs about Jesus to them. (he recovered quickly when the kids and cookies started showing up in our basement, though)

so i'm thinking today -- it brought him great joy to sing of the Savior to others. beyond one more brick in the "he may be called to be a pastor" wall, i'm wondering if it brought joy to the people we sang to? did it extend a bit of the love and reason for the season to them? did they go to bed w/ a touch more joy because of our voices singing to them? i know it made brady happy...i hope it did them too.