What’s the big deal about singing?

“A person who gives this music some thought and yet does not regard it as a marvelous creation of God, must be a clodhopper indeed and does not deserve to be called a human being; he should be permitted to hear nothing but the braying of asses and the grunting of hogs.”

So said Martin Luther, no slouch of a musician in his own right. Imagine this world if there was no music. No culture has ever existed without song of some sort. It just isn’t possible. And when music and and a big view of God get together, something wonderful happens. True worship happens, and we are linked with heaven itself in some mystical way.

Eugene Peterson says that “persons who worship sing. In the church’s life hymnbooks are prayer books. Worship stirs deep responses of adoration which are formed into rhythms and melodies of gratitude, and enlists the voices of creatures from every corner and century, putting them tunefully to work in praise.”

May PRAISE THE LIVING GOD be a great assistance to that end, the worship of Almighty God. Happy worshipping.

From Walt Harrah