I love music! Some people have music playing all of the time. I am not one of them. I usually play music when I am driving. It fills in the silence above the road noise and also allows me to focus on the words.

My son, Jared, loves all types of music. He knows the words to so many songs from so many different genres it amazes me. How can he remember it all, the benefit of being twenty-three? How can he like it all?

Myself, I am partial to one type of music. I love it because of its style and rhythm. I love it because I can sing it! I really love it because I can understand the words. They make sense to me and they have meaning that I can relate to.

I enjoyed my scripture passage this morning. The writer began talking to the Lord. He spoke of problems he was having in life. He spoke of the difficulties that surrounded him. He spoke of oppression from those who were against him. It wasn’t one of the more uplifting passages that I have read. In fact, I read another couple just to see if I could find something a little more upbeat.

I heard some people discussing whether or not the “new music” was good. They were wondering if the “new songs’ should be sang. Now I am not about to enter into that type of discussion, here. However, I did notice that my passage today talked about a new song. In fact, the writer said the Lord had given him a new song.

He spoke of waiting patiently on the Lord. Then God heard his cry and responded. God brought him from a situation that he described as a horrible pit, a quick sand experience. God then put his feet on a rock and steadied him so he could walk in safety.

This was the part that caught my attention. The writer said that God had put a new song in his mouth that would bring glory to God. A new song was bubbling out of his soul. Later, in another passage, this same writer encourages us to “Sing unto the Lord a new song, for He hath done many marvelous things, His right hand and His holy arm hath gotten Him the victory.”

I have to wonder if the writer meant that we have to have new words and melody to bring glory to God. Instantly, upon reading the above passage a new song came to my mind. It went like this: “He brought me out of the miry clay; He set my feet on the rock to stay. He put a song in my soul today. A song of praise, Hallelujah!”

I am sure someone might recognize the lyrics, they have been around for a while. Yet to me it became a new song. It took on a brand new meaning today. I saw it in a brand new light. It touched my soul as if I was hearing it for the very first time ever.

Many songs are written in response to situations that have been experienced. My brother, David, has been blessed with the ability to put his feelings into song. Several times he has come to me and said read this or listen to this. It would be a song he had written as a result of an event that had just taken place. It was a new song.

There are others, like me, who don’t have that ability. Yet so many times a song has taken on a new meaning, one that I have sung forever, because of a battle fought. I have been able to sing unto the Lord a new song. I have sang, “When before me billows rise, from the mighty deep. Then my Lord directs my bark (boat) he doth safely keep. And He gently leads me on, thru this world below. He’s a real friend to me, oh I love Him so!”

I remember another new song that came to me recently. It is from another genre and time. Yet it was oh so new! “Our God is an awesome God He reigns from heaven above with wisdom power and love our God is an awesome God!”

I remember standing looking at the words to this new song. My son in law, Kelsey, was teaching it to us and it became a new song. It spoke from my heart. It shared with God my desires and feelings. “Open the eyes of my heart Lord open the eyes of my heart. I want to see you. See you high and lifted up, shining in the light of your glory. Pour out your power and love as we sing holy, holy, holy.”

Yes, He gave me a new song. A song that came from my soul in response to waiting patiently for Him. A song that spoke of the marvelous things He has done in my life. I love those new songs.

God Bless