A song is an expression of the soul. Notice how children spontaneously erupt into song. Their underdeveloped language and motor skills cannot keep them from singing. They simply have to express themselves, and oftentimes they depend upon melodies, drums, or music makers to do so.
Perched on a rock in the picturesque landscape of a national park, a three-year-old girl could not keep from singing. How else could she connect with all the beauties around her? She raised her voice and started to sing as her parents looked on. Tourists passed by; cars came and went; but she kept singing. Some adults, burdened with backpacks and their faces buried in maps, glanced up for a moment and smiled. Perhaps they too felt a song in their hearts.
What makes a person feel like singing? Do people, like characters in a musical, ever really just start to sing? Those who are musically-minded might. Others make such soulful expressions in different ways. Some write in journals. Some call a friend. Some dance or paint or pray when their hearts are full of song.
Think of the times when you’ve felt like singing. Perhaps it was when you first fell in love. Maybe it was when you walked under a canopy of snow-covered trees. It might have been when you completed a difficult project or found something you were looking for. Or maybe it was the morning you felt better after days of battling an illness.
Whether or not we are singers is not as important as whether or not we have something to sing about—something that stirs our souls and lifts our thoughts to God. Most often those who feel like singing are they who remember their Creator. They glory in the wonders of everyday life and find ways to keep their own creativity alive. Like the Psalmist, they thank the Lord for putting “a new song in [their] mouth”[1] and know they
must find a way to sing it.
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[1] Psalm 40:3.