Sing!

My husband's birthday is on December 21st.  It's the shortest day of the year, and the signal that it is winter.  I am ready to leave it behind.  Winter that is, not celebrating my husband's birthday.  I hope to continue to celebrate his birthday with him for many years to come!

I have been thinking about the Christmas just passed.  While I'm not quite ready to pack up the baby Jesus just yet, I am ready to finally move forward.  This morning the first verses of Ecclesiastes came to mind as I was in the shower.  These verses are about seasons of our lives.  I have been in a season of mourning for a long time.  A Very Long Time!  As I read these verses, I know that God is whispering to me that it is now time to look forward with anticipation and the hope of Spring.

I'm not a Susan Boyle by any means, but I do love to sing!  I am the person who reminds people in church that Psalms tells us to "make a joyful noise" - it doesn't say we all have to be Susan Boyle.  The thing is, I believe that God wants us to sing from our hearts and souls.  What he hears is beautiful to His ears even if we don't necessarily agree.  (Signing up for the choir might be stretching it a bit though!)

This doesn't mean that I go forward thinking that there won't ever be mourning.  I know there is more of that to come, but new life is springing forth under the ashes.  I look forward with a friend who lost everything in the wildfires of last summer who is now planning on rebuilding.  There is a friend's daughter who has had one more surgery this month and is constantly overcoming daunting physical challenges that would consume most of us, but make her even more beautiful.  And of course....there is going to be a new little boy to cuddle!  That is definitely a sign of hope for the future.

"......There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:.....a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,......I have seen the burden God has laid on men.  He has made everything beautiful in its time....."

So, for me, it is time to sing!

Blessings of:
- Joy and Hope
- Grace and Peace
- Songs to Sing!