December
10, 2012
Are you tired of reading about joy,
yet? I’m not tired of writing about
it! It’s amazing how many times joy is
mentioned in the Bible and how many times we are told to rejoice – it must be
really important!
Personification is all throughout the psalms.
One instance is in Psalm 98 where rivers clap their hands and mountains sing
for joy. Remember, “The hills are alive
with the sound of music?” When we hear
those lyrics we immediately are transported to Julie Andrews singing at the top
of her lungs that beautiful tune from the classic movie The Sound of Music. What a great title for a movie.
What is the sound of music like that you
listen to? Is it a country rhythm as you
drive to and from work? Is it pop rock
that you love so much as you watch The Voice? Or is a tune you hum as you clean the house?
One of the most beautiful sites I’ve seen
while traveling around the United States is up in Vermont, driving by rippling
streams around a curve and up ahead is a covered bridge just like you see on
calendar art, or in serene pictures of the past. I almost gasped at the beauty of the setting
as we came around the bend.
There are sounds everywhere. Sounds of traffic, sounds of children crying,
sounds of grease frying, and even sounds of music playing in the malls. But what sound is “alive” to you? What beauty evokes the sound of music to your
heart?
Seek it and find it this holiday season,
and see if you don’t observe creation clapping and singing, drawing you to join
in with the sound of joy…
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