Song

Recently my niece shared the following post: “don’t die with your song still inside of you”. This comment captured my attention. It’s true, and, I believe, the definition of ‘regret’. More importantly… does (or how does) this describe you? Remember. you can change, you can sing your song (and not just quietly hum). The obvious question is – do you know your song? Do you hear it in the quiet times and even in the loud, noisy times. With the opening chords, do you instinctively know it’s your song? So what do you do with your song? Do you give voice to your song?

Question - is there a reason you aren’t singing? It’s part of the way we bring meaning to our lives. Soooo??? Our song states who we are and what we’re about… why should we hide this? Our songs may sound slightly discordant at times – did you even think that it may be what needs being at the moment? Next question – when do you sing your song? Do you quietly sing it but so that only you can hear? Or do you ’belt it out’? 

Crystal McDowell says:

   "Singing rises out of the essence of our souls. We don’t have to be 
    trained singers or gifted in singing to raise our voices and hearts to 
    Him in praise. Our thankfulness in the song will lift His name in the 
    presence of saints and sinners. We never know how God will use our 

    singing of personal testimonies to bring someone to Jesus."

Singing is scriptural:

   "Sing to the Lord a new song, His praise from the ends of the earth,"  
    (Isaiah 42:10).

   "Speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the 
    Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord” (Ephesians 5:19)

   "I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long 
    as I live” (Psalm 104:33)

These are some of the ways we can sing, boldly. We all need to sing our songs. Sung together they aren’t just noise… each song blends, harmonizes, complements the other songs being sung… and it IS glorious. 

The point is to sing YOUR song. Singing your song builds you up. Singing your song provides a witness to the world you live in. Singing your song affirms who you are. Sing!