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.
As we approach Valentine’s Day, we think of shared love. When that love is joined with shared faith, it is unbreakable. We appreciate the examples of Aquila and Priscilla (Acts 18:2), Zacharias and Elisabeth (Luke 1:5), Joseph and Mary (Luke 1:27), and Zebedee and Salome (Matthew 4:21; 27:56), but not of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-11), who may have loved each other but also loved lying and were faithless. A love song that focuses on shared faith is “Meet Me in Heaven” by Johnny Cash. He wrote it specifically for his wife, June Carter, daughter of Maybelle.