"singing to the Lord"
2 Chronicles 30:21
Have you had a cold this cold season? I had one. About three weeks ago. Upper respiratory thing. Throat pain and coughing; you know how it goes, I'm sure.
I was thankful it wasn't worse, symptom-wise, and that it only lasted a week, and that no one else in my family caught it.
The bad news is, I'm still coughing. Not a lot, but enough to be annoying. Too much talking, laughing or singing, and I'm off on a coughing fit. I know it's just part of being sick, but I think it's hard because I feel fine otherwise. Then when I start coughing, I think Really? Is this thing still not gone?
So last Sunday, during church, I was wishing I could sing. I was singing a little, but then I had to go back to just mouthing the words so I wouldn't start coughing. But mouthing the words just isn't the same. I definitely think it's still worship. I'm very aware of the words, and they can become a very sincere prayer, which is good.
But I was missing being a part of the music. There's just something about voices joined together that is so beautiful. Basses and tenors and altos and sopranos, with harmony and instruments. I was in choirs for a lot of my life, but now, joining in worship at church is as close as I get to a choir, and I was missing being a part of that sound.
Scripture talks a lot about singing. It's both a privilege and an obligation. Or a privilege and an expectation. It is our joy to sing to Him and about Him ~ but it's also almost an automatic expression of our love for Him, and our awe of who He is. It's a gift that I'm appreciating more than ever!
~ "The flowers appear on the earth;
the time of singing has come!" ~
Song of Solomon 2:12
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