MORNING SONG!

"You hear me when I call. You are my morning song."

When the day seems gloomy and life seems hard.........

Start each day with a song in your heart. A song of praise.

Be filled with His goodness and lost in His love. 

(Blessed Assurance, Fanny Crosby)

May your amen be "God of the Angel Armies, who is like you, powerful and faithful from every angle?" (Psalm 89:8)

MEDITATION: ♪♪ music to His ears ♪♪

7/16/12

PSALM 92:1-4 A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.

It is good to praise the Lord
 and make music to your name, O Most High,

proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, 

to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp. 

For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord;
 I sing for joy at what your hands have done.

This was the psalm Aggie "prayed all over me" while I was in Ukraine---it means more and more every time I read it. When it was read aloud in church yesterday, I got "glory bumps". 

Today as I pondered it---Chris Tomlin's "Shout to the Lord" began "playing" in my mind.

Shout to the Lord, all the earth,
Let us sing
Power and majesty, praise to the King;
Mountains bow down and the seas will roar
At the sound of Your name.
I sing for joy at the work of Your hands,
Forever I'll love You, forever I'll stand,
Nothing compares to the promise I have in You.

My Jesus, My Savior,
Lord, there is none like You;
All of my days
I want to praise
The wonders of Your mighty love.

My comfort, my shelter,
Tower of refuge and strength;
Let every breath, all that I am
Never cease to worship You.

Shout to the Lord, all the earth,
Let us sing......

Music. Praise. Meditation. More praise. It's all running together for me. It has me singing. May my "joyful noise" be music to His ears!

SINGING AND CLINGING

3/26/12

My meditation for this week is a result of a God turn. (Actually 3 turns) I had considered one passage “but God”……first introduced conviction in this week’s BSF lesson as I once again questioned, “Am I singing (trust songs) and making melody with my (grateful) heart to the Lord?

speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; (Ephesians 5:19)

Next, the Lord took me back in the Psalms---Fearful thoughts were rocking my world so God took me back to the Rock, Psalm 31:1-8. Not only was He giving me His words to cling to; He was giving me Himself.

For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God? (Psalm 18:31)

Finally, in church yesterday I stood and sang along, making melody in my heart.

There is an endless song

Echoes in my soul

I hear the music ring

And though the storms may come

I am holding on

To the rock I cling

How can I keep from singing Your praise

How can I ever say enough

How amazing is Your love

How can I keep from shouting Your name

I know I am loved by the King

And it makes my heart want to sing (Chris Tomlin)

I came home and downloaded it from iTunes---- 

Now I’m singing, clinging, and meditating on my ROCK!

The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior!         (Psalm 18:46)