Spiritual Thoughts

  B irds sing after a storm, why shouldn't we? ~ Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy  T he flowers have already appeared in the land; The time has arrived for pruning the vines, And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land    ~ Song of Solomon 2:12

  B irds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them? ~ Rose F. Kennedy M ake the most of your time, because the days are evil. Speak to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with heart to the Lord. ~ Ephesians 5:16, 19

F aith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark. ~ Rabindranath Tagore   T hose who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. ~ Psalm 126:5 

A child sings before it speaks, dances almost before it walks. Music is in our hearts from the beginning. ~ Pamela Wood   S peak to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, the Father. ~ Ephesians 5:19-20

BUT in the mud and scum of things,  there always, always something sings. -Ralph Waldo Emerson  A nd now my head shall be lifted up above my  enemies all around me, and I will offer in   His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy;    I will sing and make melody to the Lord. -Psalm 27:6

It doesn't matter what you did or where you were... it matters where you are and what you're doing.                        Get out there!!     Sing the song in your heart          and never let anyone shut you up! -Steve Maraboli   The Lord is my strength and my song, and    He has become my salvation;      this is my God and I will praise Him,       my father's God, and I will exalt Him.  -Exodus 15:2

M usic is the eye of the ear. -Thomas Draxe W ho are you singing to today?      David reminds us to make a joyful noise unto the Lord: M ake a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth:    make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.      Sing unto the LORD with the harp;         and with the voice of a psalm.         With trumpets and sound of cornet,                 make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King!   -Psalm 98:4-6

Jesus will sing praises to His Father in the Kingdom of God! "I will declare your name unto my brethren, in the midst of the congregation will I sing praise unto thee ... " (Hebrews 2:12) Singing Praise! - We do not often think of Jesus singing hymns of praise ... let alone in the Kingdom. - Remember, that after the 'last supper' he sang a hymn with his beloved disciples. (Matt 26:30) - Hebrews 2:12 is a direct quote from Psalm 22:22 which refers to the resurrection of Jesus from the sleep of death. - Just imagine how wonderful it will be to sing praises to God with Jesus ... with immortal voices!