Music is a special gift.....a gift from our Creator. Where did those sounds come from? How did our throats have the capacity to make melody? How did our ears join with our larynx to coordinate sounds into music? And how did our brains conceive of abilities to write music notes, to name them and compose songs? Our Creator has given us this wonderful, inspiring, awesome means of music.
These days when our media bombards us 24/7 with shocking, tragic, depressing news our spirits groan for sounds of joy. What better way to find that joy? Music. You can find music playing on a number of venues.....Sirius, smartphone, Bose, TV, radio.....but how wonderful when you recall a tune and start humming by yourself.
How many times do we recall hymns sung at Sunday's worship or contemporary tunes at last week's worship service. When you hum that music or even sing the words, joy fills your heart. I know it fills mine!
When I think back on the hundreds of solo concerts that I sang, I remember the thrill of sharing my heart with audiences. Because that's what music does. Music sounds come from the heart.....emotional feelings of love, joy, struggle, pain, fear, victory. As I sang those songs from memory, with no sheet music in front of me preventing an audience barrier, I could sense the spiritual messages in those songs communicating in the hearts of the audience. That's what music is......communication heart to heart.
So when news is bad, when the day is stormy, when times are depressing, hum a tune about Jesus. You will be reminded of His love.
"Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.........."
"Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have being." Psalm 146:2
