Desert of Judah

Today I feel kind of like King David, except my desert is near to the city where I work. [When he (David) was in the Desert of Judah.] "O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.”- Psalms 63:1 I can always tell when I am not immersing myself with God's word, for there appears a void or a large gap of my waking time where I feel myself wandering. So I imagine this happens to everyone at sometime or the other. But I find my self drawn sometimes into a void which I know prayer or reading the word would keep me away from.

I have begun to read the word twice or three times a day. I have made goals to pray and sing so my spirit does not grow weary. Keeping busy doesn't help, so I just remember to sing the word! "I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also." I Corinthians 14:15 Understanding God's voice is speaking to me through the medium of prayer and song appears to help me keep perspective. :)

Picture: Judean Desert, Isreal Wonders, Geographic Regions www.goisreal.com

Singing Praises to Yeshua

I just spent a week in Abilene at the Singing School at Abilene Christian University. It was the most awesome, spiritual reviving of my soul. The joint purpose of sculpturing your voice to focus in on a true harmony with other singers and praising the Lord is so calming to my spirit. Singing for an hour twice a day and then focusing on the fundamentals of music, sight reading with shape notes, singers workshop and the history of singing/songs in the church wrapped my mind toward God.

Colossians 3:16 "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." KJV

The word of Christ dwelling in me richly in all wisdom is most vital in my daily life. So singing the word links me by spirit to God closely. Singing hymns and psalms with a spiritual purpose continually is a wonderful way to keep a smile on your face and meet the day or work with a God-like attitude.

The grace of God dwelling in my soul appears when I allow my body to sing praises to him and Yeshua.

Hebrews 2:12 "saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee." KJV

I would recommend this Singing School at Abilene Christian University to any man or woman who loves to sing and wants to improve their voice in song to bring praises to God. http://www.singingschool.org/ The Singing School's next years date is July 10th.

I will always have issues with women leading singing in a congregation, however, learning to pitch your voice and blending in with a group of believers to sing praises to the Lord is wonderful.