As I shared last month the We Believe Blog Train has stopped operating. I plan to each month still share a small kit with a Scripture theme to it. I also will be designing a mini kit to go with these which I will be giving away for a Slow Scrap Challenge I host at Oh Snap Lets Scrap which is a very small friendly group of scrappers and would welcome new members to come join us.... HERE
Being the start of a new year I wanted a scripture that spoke of "NEW" and when I found Psalm 96:1, I knew I had to make the kit have a musical theme to it.
Now I want to share a great devotion I found on the internet by Ed Rae:
At one time or another, we have
all had a song get stuck in our head, either because it was a masterpiece or
just simply catchy. Down through the ages, music has been an important part of
almost every culture. The Scripture mentions songs and singing 303 times. All
of this points us to the fact that music is a gift from God and one of the ways
He has chosen to reveal Himself to us. It also seems that He uses it as a means
of allowing us to discover creativity within ourselves. That’s not too
surprising since God is by definition the Creator, and when we write, play, and
sing music, we discover new insights into His character.
Many of the great classical
composers wrote their music to try and reflect an understanding of God and His
Creation. Johann Sebastian Bach’s (1685–1750) personal Bible contains over 300
handwritten, marginal notes, giving us a wonderful window into his gift of
music. He wrote in the margin next to 2 Chronicles 5:12–13 (which records how
as the Levites worshiped at the dedication of the temple, the glory of the Lord
filled the place): “In devotional music, God is always present with His grace.”
He was obviously a person who spent some time pouring over Scripture in personal
study.
Hymn writers in more recent
history have taken up the challenge to sing a “new” song, meaning a freshly
written work. Down to this day, the Holy Spirit continues to inspire fresh
compositions about God for us to sing to our Creator. One of the best antidotes
for the storms of life is to find a private, quiet place and sing a song to the
Creator.
