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Tonight after we ate, the kids helped me setup our new (to us) DVD player. The first DVD I picked up was Andrew Peterson’s “Behold the Lamb of God” concert recorded at the Ryman Auditorium a few years back.

We settled in to watch. My wife was on the love seat with our girl, and I sat on the sofa with my almost-5 year old boy in my lap.

Andrew sang the story of Jesus’ birth and my boy watched very closely. While Andrew played there on our TV set, Brett asked me questions about heaven, about Jesus, and about forgiveness.

We talked through the concert and then sometime near the end of the DVD, we excused ourselves to his room. I asked him questions as best as I could, to be sure he understood salvation. He did.

There seated on his bed, shortly before 8:00, with me kneeling beside him and with toys spread across the floor, he prayed the sweetest prayer for forgiveness. What a joy it was to be a part of this event in his little life!

We called the grandparents and told them, and then I tucked him in and kissed him goodnight.

I called Andrew to share my exciting news. I got his voicemail and left him the most rambling message in the history of voicemail, telling him what happened and thanking for using his talents for good.

I’ve shouted praises for this album many times before, and I’m thrilled that this music had such an impact in our family tonight. But that impact wasn’t because Andrew made some great album. It’s because Andrew was telling a great story - THE great story - in the best way he knows how, and there in our living room tonight, he connected with my son.

Brett is a new person tonight. What a special Friday this has been.