Childlike Paraphrase of Psalm 27

My latest devotional adventure with the Lord is to paraphrase a new psalm every day. It’s super fun–feel free to try it! This is my paraphrase of Psalm 27:

 

God is my nightlight,

My glow-in-the-dark Daddy,

The Person who makes me be not scared.

 

God is my treefort,

My playhouse,

My secret hideout,

The Place who makes me be not scared

 

When the bad guys come,

The monsters who want to eat me,

My Daddy God trips them

 

If all the bad guys in the world

Come and try to get me

At the same time,

My Daddy God will still make me be not scared

 

He gave me all the wishes in the world

But I only asked for One Wish:

I asked for Him to stay with me forever

And play with me all the time,

Every single day.

I just asked for Him.

 

Because Daddy scoops me up high

And tucks me in tight

And swings me ‘round fast,

 

And when He picks me up, my head is up higher

Than all the barking dogs in the world,

And I can smile down at them

And sing happy songs for Daddy.

 

Hear me, Daddy God, when I start crying

And when I holler Your name.

 

You told all of us to come look for You

My heart wants to look for You

My heart wants to find You

I’m coming.

 

Don’t hide.

Don’t be mad at me.

You’re the One who helps me.

Don’t leave me.

My other mommy and daddy aren’t here anymore,

And You let me move in with You.

 

Teach me how to live Your way,

And take my hand and show me where we’re going,

And please take me there on the flat sidewalks

That I won’t trip on

So no one will laugh at me,

Because the bad guys would love to knock me down.

 

I’m going to see the good things my Daddy God will do for me;

I’m going to see them here, before I die.

 

Everybody, wait for Him!

And tell your heart it’s OK to be brave

Because you’re waiting for Him.