Singing through life

After working with DeeDee and Steve for several years, I can't believe I am blogging about this, but here goes:

One of the hallmark passages for restoration people comes from Ephesians 5:19: 'Speak to one another with Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.' This is one of the two passages in the New Testament from which our forefathers derived our plan for a cappella worship.

On a similar note, I'm not sure if you are aware of it or not, but DeeDee SINGS! She has a beautiful voice, and she uses it CONSTANTLY! Driving down the road, sitting at her desk, watching TV, doing her hair, whatever. She is humming or singing something. Now, while she does have a gorgeous voice, it can occasionally be a slight annoyance when she is on her 53rd song of the day, and it isn't 11:00 am yet!

But the real meaning of that passage in Ephesians 5, I believe, will back DeeDee up in her 'songful' approach to life. Nowhere in that passage does it seem to indicate that Paul is referencing what we do when we gather as a body (sorry to my ancient forefathers!). Instead, he seems to be teaching us how 'we should walk in the way of Love, as God showed us love through Christ.' We should be the kind of people with a song in our heart as we be-bop down the street!

Now that can get hard, especially when life seems to have turned out differently than you had planned for it to go. But don't lose heart! And, 'always give thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.'