I hope that everyone reading this knows the joy of singing to and about God. I hope that you sing in your car, in your house, on your job, and with fellow believers in a church that strives to honor God. I hope that music binds generations in your family with God’s love.

Last Sunday my parents, who are both seventy-three, came to eat Sunday lunch with my family. After we ate and cleaned the kitchen, we headed in different directions.  Terry left for an appointment.  Daddy made a beeline for the rocking chair in the den and I flopped down in the recliner across from him.  Kelly, my daughter,  asked my mother to play the piano and sing with her in another room.
They headed off to sing. Soon we could hear them flipping through a hymn book discussing hymn choices. Then they began. A sweet grandmother and granddaughter duo - a soprano and an alto.
Daddy resisted leaving the rocker as long as he could,  but the music was calling his name. He hastened to join Mama and Kelly around the piano. Now it was a trio, my favorite trio in fact. They were harmonizing on some of my favorite hymns. I just sat back and savored the moment. Daddy singing tenor, Mama singing alto, and Kelly singing lead. Oh, how wonderful it was. I wanted to soak it all in.
Then I heard pages turn in the hymnal and the trio begin to sing  “The Love of God.” The words were beautiful. The music was soothing. By the time they reached the third verse their trio had become a quartet. I squeezed in beside Daddy and looked over Mama’s shoulder as she played. Together we sang:

Could we with ink the ocean fill
And were the skies of parchment made,
Were ev’ry stalk on earth a quill
And ev’ry many a scribe by trade
To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry;
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Tho’ stretched from sky to sky.
O love of God,
How rich and pure!
How measureless and strong
It shall forever more endure
The saints’ and angels’ song!

After a while, Mama and Daddy left to go home. Kelly and I sang for a while longer, adding in some of our favorite contemporary songs with lyrics full of truth and beauty. Finally Kelly left to do some other things and I took time to reflect on the day.

In those moments I realized what a gift music that honors God truly is.  A "good" song brings revival to your soul.  It draws people of all ages close to God and to other Christians.

I earnestly hope that everyone reading this has experienced the joy of singing to and about God. And if you have, I hope that you’ll continue to sing about Him. Sing in your car, in your home, around a piano, and with fellow believers in a Christ-honoring church. I hope that music will bind generations of your family with The Love of God.
　
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."