Melodic Mondays
Those of you who know me know that I love music even though I am not musical myself. I listen to good music as often as I can. It is beneficial to the brain, valuable to the vocabulary, and strengthening to the soul. Isaiah 12:2-3 is a lovely passage that includes this soaring statement of surety: “The Lord JEHOVAH [YAHWEH] is my strength and my song.” This could be translated, “God is my mountaintop and my music.” Yes, He is! Each Monday, I want to study this subject and suggest a song to listen to. Anyone reading this devotional has easy access to any song. (I am an exception because I do not go on a computer or other information device.) If you do not like my suggestion (and we all have different tastes), you can think of or search for one that speaks to you. Then, it can become a source of encouragement throughout the week.
Disaster songs are an integral part of American music. For example, in the first half of the 1900’s more songs were written about the 1912 sinking of the Titanic than any other subject. The vicious and unprovoked attack on the United States on September 11, 2001, similarly produced a number of songs that commented on that national disaster. Some of these included spiritual reflection, much like what we find in Psalm 44, Psalm 63, and other passages of lament. Perhaps the best-known of 9/11 songs is “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)” by Alan Jackson.