The Source of Song

When I awake of the morning, I like to get a nugget to ponder until my quiet time. Sharing with you today a thought from David Jeremiah that I read this morning----

Christianity is a religion of song. Agnosticism has no carols. Confucianism and Brahmanism have no anthems or alleluias. Dreary, weird dirges reveal no hope for the present or for the future. Christianity however, is filled with music. Only the message of Christ puts a song in a person's heart.

When you have Christ in your heart something changes inside of you and a melody starts to form that you can't really control. It is unlike any other belief system.

As we read the stories of Christmas in the Book of Luke, we find six different songs recorded almost back-to-back:

• the "Beatitude of Elizabeth," when she was visited by Mary
• the "Magnificat of Mary," Mary's song
• the "Benedictus of Zacharias," the father of John the Baptist
• the "Song of Simeon," when he was presented with the Christ Child at the temple
• the "Evangel Song" of the angel of the Lord over the plains
• and finally, the "Gloria" of the angelic hosts.

When Jesus came into the world, music was reborn.

~ from Sanctuary: Finding Moments of Refuge in the Presence of God

Painting ~ Girls at the Piano 1892, Pierrie Auguste Renoir 1841-1919
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