SINGING AND A RUMBLING SOUND

TODAYS SCRIPTURES:

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music. -- Psalm 98:4

Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- Ephesians 5:19-20

and I heard behind me a loud rumbling sound -- Ezekiel part of verse 12

SINGING AND A RUMBLING SOUND

Ecclesiastes 3:1 tells us, "There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven." Last weekend was the season for song and then a loud rumbling sound!

Friday evening we saw a group called Straight No Chaser. Ten men in their early 30's that sang a cappella. I see you shaking your head but they were very good. They started their a cappella group in 1996, at Indiana University and even performed in Carnegie Hall. After graduation, they all went their separate ways. In 2006, they joined up for a reunion performance; put a song on YouTube and the rest is history. Straight No Chaser did burst into jubilant song. Check them out at www.sncmusic.com.

But wait! Did you think about the infomercials on TV when you read that? But wait! It gets better.

Saturday evening we saw David Phelps. That man can sing! He must have read the verse from Ephesians because he did speak to us with hymns and spiritual songs. I think my favorite song was Nessum Dorma. And I could not understand a word of the song. You did not have to understand the words to know he was praising God. Go see David Phelps if you get a chance. His website is www.davidphelps.com.

But wait! The music was not over.

Sunday morning we attended church with our son, Bill, Kim and Nathan. A group we have seen many times delivered the message in song and deliver they did. The Overtones ran down the aisle, started to sing and did not stop. They lifted us up and they touched our souls. What a witness. They did sing and make music in their hearts. They did give thanks to God the Father for everything. If the Overtones are in your area, please go experience these young men. You will be blessed. Their website is www.overtonesquartet.com.

But wait! The music might have been over but soon to come was the experience of a loud rumbling sound.

Using this section of a verse from Ezekiel is a stretch but does describe our other Sunday adventure. A local Harley dealership had a bike ride in honor of the founder of the store. Eight hundred Harley bikes left the parking lot, two at a time, to begin the ride. What a sight. What a sound. A small rumbling sound as they started their bikes and then a loud rumbling sound as they went by. All ages. All types. All kinds of bikes. All making a loud rumbling sound.

Does it sound like we went from one extreme to the other. In a way, we did, but we had a season for every activity. We enjoyed secular music on Friday. A good clean, enjoyable performance. We were lifted up in song Saturday and Sunday. As David Phelps and the Overtones made music on stage, we made music in our hearts. And then we watched a parade of Harleys as they rode to honor a man's legacy.

Singing and a loud rumbling sound -- last weekend was one to store in our memory.

QUESTION OF THE DAY

What weekend do you have stored in your memory?

Please use this as a beginning of your prayer. Finish in your own words, words from your heart.

LET US PRAY

I am shouting with joy Lord. My heart is bursting with jubilant song. Do you hear me? I pray that my joy starts as a whisper and then builds into a loud glorious sound. The psalms, hymns and spiritual songs help me give thanks to you. Thanks to you for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen