I’ve got the music in me…

It just might possibly be S P R I N G…with all it’s crazy up and down weather and wild winds and the blessed appearance of daffodils and tulips and pansies…sigh…

.gotta love it!

Last Sunday night our church had a Hymnsocope which is a fancy word for we all got together and sang some new worship songs and some old hymns.

I loved it for a million reasons.

And it isn’t because I can sing.

Lord knows that…

as well as anyone in our family…

and the people in the pew in front of us…

Oh there is musical talent on either side of me, generationally speaking.

And I have a deep love and appreciation for music.

I can tell you when anyone is off key…out of rhythm…flat…sharp…but to actually produce music out of my body that is acceptable to any human ear…not so much.

One thing the old and new songs have in common is they invariably include notes that are too high or too low and so my voice wanders around searching for any note being sung by anyone from soprano to bass that I can latch on to until their part goes out of range for me…

then I jump to another part of the group to tag along with.

And when I can’t stand my own voice any longer, I just close my eyes and focus on the words.

Because while the tunes and melodies change over time to reflect the trends of the day, the lyrics express timeless truths through the ages.

I could pick any number of references, but a current favorite was written by Horatio Spafford.

He wrote it in the 1800’s in the midst of deep sorrow and extreme loss. A song called

It is Well with my Soul…

Whether it was played with gusto by the organist back when I stood between my mom and dad as they hit every single note with precision….

or sung by my dear friend as she was accompanied on Sunday night by a baby grand, fighting back tears over the recent loss of her father…

or the Youtube version by Kristene DiMarco that I play on my phone throughout the day the past few weeks…

whether I can hit any of the notes at all…

it speaks of God’s timeless truth.

In the midst of sorrow and loss

in the midst of the worst cases of “I never thought we would be dealing with this”

in the midst of a world that is so upside down we are often left feeling overwhelmed and gasping for breath…

the timeless truth is…

for those who are in Christ…

it always has been…

it always will be …

well…

complete…

healthy…

prosperous…

with our souls.

No matter what it FEELS like….

It

IS

WELL

with our souls.

He has made peace with God FOR us…He Is WITH us…so let’s take it to heart today and place our trust in Him who laid down His life that we might truly live.