Let's Sing a Lot!

        Well, I praise God that no one has ever told me that I cannot sing.  You may also come to the point that tunes are running through your head even though you are not singing "out loud."  I like to sing and sooner or later a tune is going to come out somewhere, somehow.  I started singing in school.  I guess you could say that I began in earnest in high school as I was a member of the "glee club."  Even in high school, I began singing for weddings.  O, I didn't do a lot of them but did a couple.  I just liked to do it.  I have sometimes repeated that I sang a voice solo at contest time in the Indiana school system and then had to sing the same solo down at state contest in Indianapolis.  My father was there and simply said, "Well, it was loud."  Psalm 104:33 says, " I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being."
         My Grand Daughter, Rebekah, made me wonderful plaque for my 80th birthday that had Psalm 13:6 on it.  That tells why I sing.  The Lord has dealt bountifully with me.  I began looking up the phrase, "I will sing"  in the concordance and found eighteen references in the Bible, fourteen of which are in the book of Psalms.  I think that is appropriate as the Book of Psalms is the hymn book of the Jewish people.  There are times when you may not feel like singing.  There is the verse that says that the Israelites hung their harps on the willows in Psalm 137:2.  They didn't feel like singing when they were heading to captivity.  There may be those times in our lives when the urge to sing leaves us.  So far, I haven't had that urge.  Singing is an expression of what is going on in my life.  There may be those times when I sing in a minor key, but not too often.  It's like the song says, "I sing because I'm happy."  I may sound really bad to a lot of people, but that doesn't stop me from singing.  I am growing fond of the expression, "I sing by letter.  I open my mouth and let her fly."  A bit of humor sometimes explains the quality of my singing.  I could say, "Well, I haven't had any training in singing, and maybe that explains why it is not up to par for many educated singers."  Music is mentioned a lot in the Bible and I am sure that it is important for us to sing praises to God for what He has done, what He is doing and what He is going to do.  You can hear the melody rise up in your head when you say the words, "Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me."  Praise God for the ability He has given us to sing praises to Him.  Don't be silent