It’s #FiveMinuteFriday of a different kind for me! This is simple but oh, so good. Hope you enjoy my take on “Ten”.
All three of My Three Sons have played the same part in a church Christmas play over the course of ten years or so. It was one of my favorites the very first time I heard it and I have never tired of it. Angels Aware has some of the best stick-with-you songs ever!
When my youngest, Korey Ross, now 23, played it about twelve years ago, he had strep throat. Had to leave practice the day of the first performance to go to the ER for meds. How he ever pulled off the lead with a temperature and strep is beyond me but he did it. Memories!
The Perfect Ten is a wonderfully simple rendition of The Ten Commandments in rhyme. In the play, ten children stood in a line and held up placards with their number on it when it came their turn in the song. So adorable because some of them would have the numbers upside down, inside out or just couldn’t quite get it to where it needed to be. Of course you pick the littlest ones for this song for sure audience approval!
But the message was never lost. Take a look at the words:
Number one, we’ve just begun, God should be first in your life (Matthew 6:33)
Number two’s the idol rule, those graven images aren’t right (Romans 1:23)
Number three God’s name should be never spoken in jest (Deuteronomy 5:11)
Number four the Sabbath’s for our worship and for rest (Isaiah 58:13)
Number five we all should strive to honor father and mother (Ephesians 6:1-3)
Number six don’t get your kicks from killing one another (Matthew 5:21-26)
Number seven life is heaven when you’re true to your mate (Romans 7:2)
Number eight don’t steal or break these rules for goodness sake (1 Cor. 6:9, 10)
Number nine don’t be the kind who goes around telling lies (Proverbs 12:22)
Number ten don’t covet when you see your neighbor’s house, or wife (Romans 7:7)
That’s the list that God insists we stay away from these sins,
That is why we memorize commandments one through ten!
The Perfect Ten, The Perfect Ten, they’re just as good as they were way back when
The Perfect Ten, The Perfect Ten, let’s say them once again…
They are perfect because they were God-breathed, God-inspired and written by the finger of God!
Many say that the Old Testament is not for us today. Of course we no longer participate in animal sacrifice, thank goodness, but these rules, these guidelines and commandments are still to be taken seriously in our walk with the Lord.
Enjoy the song and dwell on the verses today as we strive to be more like Jesus and share Him with a lost and dying world! And if you were ever in Angels Aware, what part did you play and do you remember the songs??
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Oh my goodness I sang this in Sunday school as a kid and we had these numbered large. cardboard cards and all us kids lined up and held the numbers when it was our turn and I was #10 and it stuck in my mind. then when I was pregnant with my first child I remembered thinking I got to teach my children that song I sang in Sunday school about the commandments cause it’s such a fun way to learn the commandments and when someone asks me like when I taught Sunday school for a bit I had to go through that song to remember the commandments so people would hear me singing that song under my breath even when adults ask like in Bible study or church when they come up or something. So kinda funny but special stories surrounding this song for me. I wish Sunday schools would teach this song and songs like this as I did for my kids.
It is a great one Ariete! Thank you so much for visiting. God bless!
Thank you Donna! Always appreciate those taking the time to comment. Blessings to you!
Thank you Denise, always glad when you stop by! ♥
Sorry I am so late in responding to these! I remember them too Heidi and still love them. Wish I had been able to get pictures for the post ♥
I know every word to that song still to this day! I sing it for my Sunday school kids. Enjoyed reminiscing about that play!
enjoyed this, glad you shared.
Amen! Thanks for the blessing today!
Hello dropping in from FMF…Lovely Rhyme…Never heard or read it before. Plan to memorize it myself and teach my grand childen..