Thursday, March 6, 2008

making music

Singing is a gift we can personalize and offer to the Lord.  Tonight, at choir practice, I had the pleasure of standing next to Kaare Loftheim.  Kaare has a rich and resonant bass voice.  His range is quite broad and he sings both softly and with volume in a pleasing and clear way.  As is the case with most of us, his voice is unique and once you've heard Kaare you'd be able to identify him after hearing a few notes of his voice.  We sing not only with our vocal cords but with our entire body.  The energy comes from our diaphragm, a large muscle beneath the rib cage and the sound is a modified way of breathing that forces the air past vocal cords and up and through many body chambers that echo and vibrate in a way that is unique to our particular body makeup.  When we sing to the Lord, we start with a heart attitude that sparks our physical machinery to create sound.  Ultimately other hearts resonate as the sound is transferred and translated into a language spoken by the soul.  I think the Lord is delighted when our minds, hearts and bodies are so completely focused on Him.  The sound we create is unique but the sense of worship is shared in common.  As we dedicate our new sanctuary next week, we'll be able to identify with those who built the wall of Jerusalem in Nehemiah's day.
 
Nehemiah 12:27 Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings and singing, with cymbals and stringed instruments and harps.
 
blessings,
Rob Smith


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