Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Dear God,

I am happily singing in our church choir. Whenever I know it is choir rehearsal night, I am excited to sing. Tonight we sang through ten pieces of music because we are preparing for Holy Week.

There are two songs that cause me to close my eyes and sing without music. God So Loved the World and the Hallelujah Chorus are two of my favorite songs. They always transport me back in time to the 1960's and to a high school gymnasium in Anderson, Indiana where I sang these songs the first time. I was either in the eighth or ninth grade and I sang in our school choir. We learned the songs at our school and then joined other students from surrounding county schools. By the time we came together we sang with hundreds. I will never forget my feelings when we sang these two songs. What a testimony of faith! I felt as if I was singing to Jesus.

Now I revel in joy when we practice these songs for Good Friday. If it is true that we are singing to Christ, the redeemer, then I have been singing my faith for fifty years. Fifty years! Wow!

What a privilege
to sing
to you,
Glorious and Loving God.
Fifty years,
fifty years
of joy
worshipping and
loving you.
Thank you,
thank you
for the special joy!

Love, Andrea