The song....

Today and maybe even more so in the next 4 weeks-I want to share from other peoples writings-this week from Bill and Gloria Gaither-words taken from a Christmas Musical they wrote in 1983-we performed it as our Christmas Cantata and it still resonates in my spirit today. The musical was titled "He started the whole world singing"


"In the very beginning all of creation was full of the glory of God, and his glory flooded everything with the shining light of openness. There was beauty, there was trust. Every moment was pregnant with the seed of the Eternal. Dreams were not a fantasy but an everyday reality, and music filled the air with the song of the free.


But man misused his gift of freedom, and traded the eternal for things he could taste and hold. The dream of perfection became a dim memory and the lovely song was shattered into confused fragments and broken chords.


Still God did not desert His creation. No, instead, He made a promise to those who would hear His voice and seek His face, a promise to one day make a way to restore the lost glory to their lives and re-weave the broken song.


The years of waiting were long and hard. Those who believed the promise were often persecuted and ridiculed and driven from their homes. The sound of Hope sometimes grew dim in their ears, and they were no strangers to doubt.


But Hope did come! It broke like the dawn on a dark lonely hillside in a song so glorious it could not be denied, even by the dullest of ears.


Yes! The song was Jesus, and in Him God kept His promise. It was not just a carol that burst forth on that first Christmas night; it was the Source of all music,born; it was the living "Word made flesh" ;
it was the promised glory.....returned!


....and what the Song had to say....was that Love found a way.....to start the world singing the song!