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 JEHOVA [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.
For the last two Mondays, we have thought about the grand gates of heaven, based upon Revelation 21:12-16. A song that speaks of our entrance there is “We Will March through the Streets of the City.” It is an interesting song because it incorporates some of the hymn “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing.” Each one of us was “a stranger, wandering from the fold of God,” but Jesus saves us from our sin so that we can belong to the family of God forever. We are no longer strangers, for Ephesians 2:19 assures us, “now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.” The rendition of this song by the original Carter Family is my favorite. I know that I refer to them often. My grandmother and my father both enjoyed their music, and I grew up familiar with their songs. I like both the songs and the memories that they bring to mind.