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.
Many Christian hymns speak of a longing for heaven. Like the Apostle Paul, we are “in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is for better. Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you” (Philippians 1:22-23). Also, many of our songs lament the loss of ones that are dear to us; but, as Paul writes in I Thessalonians 4:13, “I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.” Some songs combine the two thoughts. A recent example (2021) is “Show Me Around” by Carly Pearce.