The "Jesus-God" song

If AJ learns to play an instrument, which I hope he does (though not for this reason), I can easily see him playing for hours in a coffee house, making up lyrics and notes as he goes along.

It started Monday at bedtime while I was snuggling with Sydney on the couch. I could faintly hear AJ in his room. I called Jeff to go check if he was singing or crying. Jeff emerged laughing a few minutes later. AJ had, in fact, been singing. Here was the song's lyrics:

"Jesus loves me this I know. With a knick nack patty wack give your dog a bone..."

By the time Sydney fell asleep so that I could go in for a short snuggle with AJ, he'd further modifed the song, creating a rhyme:

"Jesus loves me on my own. This old man gives dogs a bone."

He then turned to me and in all sincerity asked, "Did you like that song? Was that a good one?"

I assured him it was. That was all the encouragement he needed. He's been singing variations of Jesus Loves Me ever since. He calls it the "Jesus-God song". My favorite version last night went something like this (though don't even bother trying to guess the tune):

"Jesus loves me. Jesus loves you. Jesus loves all the people. He even loves sheep."

The fact that he remembers Jesus being compared to a shepherd floored me.