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.
My stunning trophy wife occasionally (often?) reminds (nags?) me that I need to be a bit more contemporary in my musical tastes. I like to think that I put the fashion into old-fashioned, but I can hear her rolling her lovely eyes. Thus, I have chosen “Pray for Me” by the esteemed Americana band the Jayhawks. (Who are not from Kansas but from Minnesota). Because the song is fast-paced, has creative expressions, and includes some rollicking guitar, we have included the lyrics. It is a prayer for personal faithfulness and thus echoes the thought of I Corinthians 4:2: “Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.”
Pray for me that I may keep
Faithful to you in my time
Beloved, it is morn
Deeper yellow on the corn
Lovers work as children play
Beloved, it is morn
[Chorus 1]
One fine day, I walked to town
No love like yours to be found
Idle days
Idle days
[Verse 2]
Heart and soul are full of light
Heart and soul untired always
Beloved, it is morn
[Chorus 1]
One fine day, I walked to town
No love like yours to be found
Idle days
Idle days
[Verse 3]
Pray for me that I may keep
Faithful to you in my time
Beloved, it is morn
Deeper red on the thorn
May God keep you in his sight
Beloved, it is morn
[Chorus 2]
Unknown steps before me fall
No love like yours to be found
Idle days
Idle days