What is your favorite hymn? I am sure we have all suffered through those that apparently no one knows. I am sure many don’t even try to sing, while others sing in a whisper; if you are lucky there is a choir to help or at least one or two members that are singing in tune to lead us through. Many times I have asked myself why do they select these {hymns}, but ultimately I know the meaning in the song connects with the season or sermon. At times I have chuckled to myself when it seemed like the song was really dragging and I couldn’t imagine what the angels above must think.
Oh, but when they pick the ones we know, the ones we can sing without hymnals or screen. Ones we know from childhood that you can feel bringing that comfort inside your soul as you sing it. The ones we sing out loud, we sing with our heads up for all to see.
How true this is with new challenges or experiences in life. When faced with a change in a job, a financial situation, a death, meeting someone new; do we face it with a whisper, pretending to mouth our way through it then face it head on? Expecting others to carry us through it, rather than learning something new or changing our ways? Why don’t we look for the meaning and ask for help?
Trust in the Lord, you are here for a reason. Yes, it may feel like it’s dragging on, but maybe that is the plan. Listen to the accompanist ...feel the music. No, we may not perform perfectly but we will be following His path and the rewards may surpass those we have always found comfort in in the past.
Lori Hood
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