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Heard Angels Sing
While in
A few months ago Monica's father died. He
was a young man, in his early forties. Since his death many problems have
arisen for Monica's family. As a result Steve and Monica opened their hearts
and home to Monica's younger sister Verone (Veronica). She is a precious child
thirteen years of age. She is loving and happy.
Steve and Monica also opened their heart
and home to a four year old foster child named Vanessa. Monica related a sad
story which happened just after Vanessa came to live with them. Monica was
shampooing Vanessa's dark black hair and Vanessa said she had never had her
hair washed and shampooed before. Vanessa is a precious child. She smiles and
participates in worship.
Our crusade at Industry in
As one footnote to the life of Steve and
Monica, they had told me when I was in
Just after I returned from Guyana Janice
and I went to north
We were also blessed to spend a few hours
with our granddaughter, Bayley. Her laughter is contagious. She is a happy and
pleasant child. She celebrated her second birthday while I was in
She enjoyed playing with us. She also
enjoyed singing with Janice. She came outside to swing. When she and Janice got
to the swing Janice asked her to sing with us. The three of us sang "Jesus
Loves Me" together. I know I heard an angel sing.
Her smile was beautiful. Her voice was
precious. Her words were powerful. "Jesus loves me this I know for the
Bible tells me so..." This precious little girl has already learned to
sing and make melody in her heart. When I heard her sing I heard an angel sing.
It is amazing how some simple act can be such a blessing to your life.
As a footnote to Bayley, she will soon get
a little brother or sister. Please pray for Mark and Holly and their family.
God will also bless our oldest son Philip and his wife, Paige with a son in a
few weeks. Please pray for them also.
Though it is not our authority for singing
today David stated a beautiful principle for singing in Psalm 95:1-7. "Oh
come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our
salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout
joyfully to Him with psalms. For the Lord is the great God, And the great King
above all gods. In His hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of
the hills are His also. The sea is His, for He made it; And His hands formed
the dry land. Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the
Lord our Maker. For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, And
the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice."
Christians are to sing joyfully. This
singing is described in Ephesians 5:19. "Speaking to one another in psalms
and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the
Lord."
Our singing should be done out of a heart
thankful to God for what He has done. If you are thankful for God's blessings,
"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and
admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with
grace in your hearts to the Lord." (Colossians 3:16.) We should thankfully
sing of God's love and our hope through Christ.
We should praise God in song because He
is: (1) The Rock of our salvation (Psalm 95:1), (2) The Great King above all
gods (Psalm 95:3), (3) Strong, "the heights of the hills are His."
(Psalm 95:4), (4) Our Creator (Psalm 95:6) and (5) Our Shepherd and "we
are His sheep" (Psalm 95:7).
Those who follow Christ should sing.
(James 5:13.) This must be done from our heart and with understanding. As we
sing, the melody is made in our heart instead of on some instrument of music.
When I heard Vanessa sing and when I heard Bayley sing I
truly heard angels sing. I now better understand why Jesus said, "Let the
little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom
of heaven." (Matthew 19:14.)
By Charles Box,