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.
Twice in the book of Revelation we find this heavenly promise: “God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes” (7:17; 21:4). Each believer in Jesus Christ thus has the certainty that the sorrows of this life will be swept away by the kind and omnipotent hand of our Savior God and replaced by the fullness of His joy (Matthew 25:21, 23). A relatively recent song (1993) that celebrates these truths is “All My Tears,” written by Julie Miller. We will listen to a rendition by Emmylou Harris.