I am thankful for music .
I don’t remember the time that I did not sing. I grew up singing alto at church. I sang at many a wedding and funeral. I sang in talent shows, in the school choir….I sang along with records, 8 tracks, and transistor radios.
Glen Campbell was young and handsome, Rod Stewart was old and kinda weird…but I sang along with them both. I imagined myself as Connie Francis and Karen Carpenter…..
I am thankful now that I was neither one.
I can hardly remember when I couldn’t play the piano, even though I’ve never been an accomplished pianist.
My mother had an upright piano that her daddy bought her before she married and left home. It was hers, so it was ours, and it took up a big part of our living room for many years.
Somewhere along the way, she taught me to read the lines and spaces of music out of a church hymn book. The first song I learned to play was “What A Friend We Have In Jesus”.
He’s still the best Friend I have.
I thank Him this morning for how music ministers to my soul in ways that nothing else can.
I thank Him this morning for the love of music in both my husband and sons.
And I ask Him to use the love of music that He has placed within each of us for our good and His glory and honor.
After all, it was His idea……..
