Psalm 32:6-7, Colossians 3:15-17 and Matthew 26:26-30

“I sing because I’m happy. I sing because I’m free…..”. So go the familiar first lines of the hymn “His Eye is on the Sparrow.”

Besides these two reasons to sing, there must be a hundred more. People of faith are a singing, musical people. We have a “sung faith.” Charles Wesley composed over 6000 hymns and we still sing many of them in the 21st century far removed from the 1700s.

And throughout the Bible, the cast of Biblical personalities burst forth in song for worship, fellowship, and in times of trial and affliction. As much as we need devotional silence and prayerful contemplation, we just as much need to give musical voice to the heights and depths of our lived faith experience.

Our scriptures for this Sunday remind us of our singing heritage and how in different settings we hold forth in song and musicality.

We live in stressful times and uncertain outcomes. Let us be reminded in lyrics and tunes that “His eye is on the sparrow.”

Prayers and blessings!

Pastor Barry †