Do It!

December 6, 2012

In the Psalms, we are told to clap many times.  Why clap?  Why not squat, or turn our neck, or wiggle our ears?

I have read several articles on the benefits to the human body that clapping provides.  In fact, some believe it heals diseases.  Clapping stimulates blood circulation…at least according to some health gurus.  It makes sense, if you think about it.  

I’m thinking it must do the body good, or we wouldn’t be instructed to do it so much. 

Here’s what clapping does for me: it’s fun, when others join in it’s encouraging, it builds the more that people clap, and usually joy or shouting follows…

Here’s an example: 

At church when we sing a cool song, a few start clapping because the beat is clappable (is that a word?).  Others start to clap because it’s contagious.  As the clapping grows louder, people start clapping not because of the beat but because of what we’re singing about – HIM.  And when the song is over, a roar of clapping is lifted in praise to the One we’re singing about!

When’s the last time you clapped for health reasons?  Start singing and start clapping, and do it harder, louder, and raise your hands as you clap.  Share with me what happens!