A Joyful Noise
Today was one of my “make a joyful noise” mornings. Sometimes I awaken with a song to the Lord on my mind. It may be a hymn or it may be words and a tune that my mind makes up. One of my “noises” just had one word “thank-you” and I sung that to the Lord for weeks. I would wake up with my lips mouthing those two words in a rather tuneless tone. I’m no musician so the tunes are really bad, yet often, the mind states ‘this is what you must sing’. I frequently cannot remember the tunes after but I would recall the words (shall I dare to call them lyrics?). Today a few new words and a tune came to me. Guess what? As I write this I have completely forgotten the music. This morning, these are the lyrics which I prayed to Spirit. Am fired by Jesus All my dross burnt away A new clay is formed today Burnt in the fire of love Burnt in the fire of peace Burnt in the fire of joy I feel that these lyrics are lac...