Let it Sing!
Those who came to John the Baptist asked him “What should we do?” and were told to sing praise and glorify the Lord through their lives. Share with others who are less fortunate, treat everyone with fairness and kindness, live in truth and love for those around you, lose yourself in humility and truth, above all, trust and love the Lord.
St. Paul tells us to “Rejoice in the Lord always….Your kindness should be known to all. The Lord is near.” Jesus is near, he is always close, watching and waiting for the moments when we are weak or failing, ready to lift us up, and to give us the grace and strength to sing a song of thanksgiving to God.
The “Good News” is that we are never alone for He is always near. Look around and you will see him; open your hearts and you will feel him, sit quietly and you will hear him, stand silently and you will feel his warm embrace. God’s song is eternal and everywhere. You cannot silence it nor can you stop it from playing. It is a wondrous melody, full of life and living, sung with unceasing and unbounded love and loving.
Jesus is coming, he is almost here. He is a song of ecstasy and agony, of hope and salvation, death and resurrection, peace and love. We are the body of Christ, we are God’s song. At his birth the heavenly hosts sang a song of peace and goodwill toward all. So it is perfectly apropos for us to lift up our voices in song to God. Let us sing our song of joy to God.
