Make Music

speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, Ephesians 5:19 

  

  Back at the beginning of the year I decided I wanted this to be “The Year of Music” for me. Time to knock the dust off of my bass and other electric guitars. I had neglected them for too long. And so it has been, I have spent time learning and playing music this year. 

  I had no idea how much I was going to need music. Going to need something to focus upon beside the gloomy news about the Covid-19 virus that would devastate the entire world. When the news brought one bad headline after another, I could take a badly needed escape into music, singing and praising God. When I wasn’t playing music, I was listening to it, giving a portion of my day to that gift from God that brings healing to the heart and soul. 

  Music is indeed one of God’s greatest gifts to us. Music can remove the sorrow in our souls, return us to better times, and it can lift our hearts and minds toward God as we remember what He has done for us. Music allows us to sing our praises and give Jesus glory for everything He has done for us. 

  Though music is not an answer for every problem, it can lift our spirits and turn our minds away from pain and misery to a place that brings wholeness to heart and soul. 

  You may feel that you are surrounded by gloom and misery. Pain and suffering may fill your days. I encourage you to turn on the radio, listen to that favorite Christian band or musician that stirs up the goodness of God in your heart. Let peace and love for God wash over you and remove the gloom and sorrow that so easily engulfs us.  

  Let music be a balm for your soul. 

  Prayer: Dear Jesus, fill our hearts and minds with praise for You. Put a song in our soul and lift us above the pain in the here and now to a place where praise for You surrounds us. Amen.