Let us sing praises to the Lord for His grace and and mercy are always worth sharing

The Singer, Not the Song

Kundtz shares with us this morning, “Singing creates a habit of moving inner feelings to accessibility, to a place where other people can share them. And in order to move them out, you have to encounter them, forge them into words and melody, and send them forth in all their harmony and beauty. Or in all their off-key cacophony. No matter.” As I reflect on this, I think about writers of songs, singers of songs, and fans of songs. Each plays a different role in music, yet at the end of the day, their expression or interpretation of the song is most impactful. Songs are usually created from an experience but always in the mind of the writer. They have a story to share through song. Singers who sometimes are also the writers are the ones whose emotions are captured through a song, which makes the song. In turn, because of hearing and feeling what the artist has expressed, the fans make a connection physically, whether mentally relating or emotionally within their hearts.

1 Chronicles 16:9 says, “Sing to him, sing praises to him, tell of all his wonderful works.” Our singing should be a result of our expression of what has happened to us, what God has done for us. Whether through joyful events, or through valleys low, we should always share through songs our lessons and blessings in Christ.

FMBC Weekly Reading: 1 King 19:1-10

Elijah’s dilemma, fear…

“Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.” Then he was afraid; he got up and fled for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah; he left his servant there. But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.” Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, “Get up and eat.” He looked, and there at his head was a cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again. The angel of the Lord came a second time, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you.” He got up, and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God. At that place he came to a cave, and spent the night there. Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” He answered, “I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away.”

May this passage remind us, that like Elijah, all believers—from the newest to the most seasoned—go through periods of doubt, yet God providers with reminders that He will always bring us out.

‭Youversion Verse of the Day: Romans 3:23-24

All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

No one is or has been perfect in this life, to include leaders we have been called to lead God’s people. However, we all are saved by His grace if we ask and believe.

Let us sing praises to the Lord for His grace and mercy are always worth sharing, my friend.🙏🏽💚🦋🌈