Thursday, October 21, 2010

Dear God,

Music has power! Something happens to me when I am surrounded by music. It invades my soul and does strange and wondrous things.

The music director asked me to pray at the end of choir rehearsal and I did but not before the music had entered my blood stream bringing with it glorious words of praise, thanksgiving, petition, adoration and confession. I felt as if I was soaring on angel wings.

When I begin to sing, something opens up inside, like a hidden room. I step inside and wander finding the sacred holy. Awe springs up in my soul and I discover myself treading lightly. Filled with heaven's things, my mind releases petty annoyances, narrow thinking, and childish beliefs. Faith springs up, takes in its environ and grows at a rapid speed. Joy fills me to capacity and a sweet peace settles in. And then I know if only for a moment that I have gained entrance into eternity's home.

Sweet Jesus,
what grace
is unleashed
through music.
You send
your love
on notes,
tunes, and lyrics.
We meet
you in measure
and fall
at your feet.
Cleanse, purify
and make holy
these earthly vessels
touched by
heaven's song.

Love always, Andrea