Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy! Psalm 47:1
The pandemic has made it difficult for us to worship at church. In the beginning weeks of the lockdown I listened to the hymn sing led by the Getty family on Facebook. The hymns refreshed my faith and gave me joy.
Our church was meeting on zoom. We are a small church and at first did not have a way to include hymns . . . but our pastor kept pressing forward and when our tech assistants were able to post the words to hymns with screen sharing, we all sang from our homes. I don’t always stay on tune, but it was good to be singing with other believers.
More recently we have met outside and/or in a room with social distancing. We have been singing hymns accompanied by keyboard, violin or guitar. I am blessed by the hymns. It is an affirmation of our faith in a stressful time. We need to sing!
This past Sunday we sang Jesus Messiah, written by Chris Tomlin. The words of the third verse have a powerful message about our Savior.
His body the bread, his blood the wine
Broken and poured out, all for love
The whole earth trembled, and the veil was torn.
Love so amazing
Hymns turn our eyes back to God and his love, his plan for us.
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