Saturday, August 4, 2012

music is like breathing

Even though my health still isn't the best, I'm still thankful. God has seen fit to give me enough of my voice back that I was able to practice singing the songs for church tonight. And I'm hoping that I'll still be able to sing in the morning.

While singing, I did my best to take a moment for praise. In order to stay connected to God, praise is important. And, for me, the best way to praise has always been to sing. I can't really describe how it feels to close my eyes and sing for God. Except to say that there have been moments that everything else seems to fall away. No thoughts of what my next meal is going to be, no stray reminders to call this person or that person, no thoughts of work or family, no thoughts of this earthly life to be found in my brain. When you consider the zillions of thoughts that typically flit around in there, that is kind of a big deal.

I think maybe some of my anger about not being able to sing earlier this week stemmed from the fact that it made me feel a bit cut off from God. But it is natural and normal to feel separated from time to time. And things aren't always going to go the way I think they should, no matter how much I want it to be that way.

And, like it or not, singing is not the only way to praise. Still, I'm glad to be able to do it again.

A quote I posted on Facebook this week seems like an appropriate ending:

"Music to me is like breathing-I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music." Ray Charles

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