Psalm 149
Praise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord a new song,
In the beginning God said, let there be light, which means that for at least the span of four words there was no light. But then, there was. Imagine what that first pinprick of light must have been like for all of existence. The first experience of a sunrise. The first experience of a glowing moon. The first star that appeared as if from out of no where, because it literally appeared out of no where. I imagine that there was praise in the hearts of those who first saw light, the angels, the animals, the humans. I imagine that is the case because I remember singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star as a child. Because where there is praise there also will be singing and where there is singing there also will be new songs.
With every new verse and chorus we join with the multitude that has come before us, stretching our minds and lifting our voices for the one who set it all in motion. In very short order, tomorrow if you are following closely, we will end this journey through the Psalms, it will be the end of these 150 songs for the moment, but I would invite you to re-read them down the road, not my words necessarily, but those of the Psalmist. Allow them to speak into your life from time to time, wrestle with them, kick them down the road a bit, scream and curse at and with them. Along with that I would ask that you continue the tradition and sing a new song to the Lord. You don't have to "know" music, it doesn't have to be written down, there is no lyrical or melodic requirements, you don't even have to sound good, Psalms are about the quality of the heart and soul they come from, not the pitch and volume.
Lift up a new song of joy.
Lift up a new song of curiosity.
Lift up a new song of sorrow.
Lift up a new song of rage.
Lift up a new song of doubt.
Lift up a new song of praise.
Lift up a new song of faithfulness.
Lift up a new song.
+ How have the Psalms spoken to you over these months?
+ Has your view of the Psalms changed at all?
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