.....Speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs

Singing and making melody to the Lord is the Christian's way of saying that God is so awesome that thinking and talking will not be enough. There needs to be deep feeling and hence, there needs to be singing.  I can still hear a song we used to sing on Sunday nights at the church my Dad pastored: "There's within my heart a melody, Jesus whispers sweet and low, fear not I am with thee, peace be still, in all of life's ebb and flow...Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, sweetest name I know, fills my every longing, keeps me singing as I go."  When I raised my kids, the kitchen was always our place of merriment not just because we liked to eat, but because that is where we had music playing and bodies moving to the beat of the songs.  Let's face it, music brings out in us something very natural. But in Ephesians 5: 18-19, Paul is referring to something supernatural.  He makes the point that when we are together and under the influence of the Spirit, we are to "speak to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in our hearts to the Lord." Our family's dance parties in the kitchen are nothing compared to the hilarity of being filled with the Spirit and making a joyful noise unto the Lord.  Though we do not get our theology from a song, when we as believers speak to one another in psalms and hymns, we are prophetically revealing God's heart to one another. I am not going to lie here; there is something about worshiping in song with my African brothers and sisters that is not like anything I have experienced stateside!!!  I hope to sing with my team members and our co-laborers in Christ at the Kampala School for the Physically Handicapped, "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, sweetest name I know, fills my every longing, keeps me singing as I go."  I'M GOING TO AFRICA AND I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!