We Must Sing

www.sermonsoftheheart.blogspot.com Who knows the burden placed on your heart? Whence comes the longing? When shall it part? No matter the sorrow, He'll not forsake, God made our hearts and in His absence they ache. Who knows what trials may come our way? How shall we meet them? What will He say When we kneel before Him? Will He approve? God gave us trials that we might choose. Who'll tell what blessings flow from above? How might we measure His boundless love? I'll sing of His goodness, Glory I'll bring. God made our voices, but we make them sing. God gave us voices, so we must sing. - Rob Gardner, We Must Sing, from Saints and Pioneers ********** God made our hearts... he allows us to feel pain. He allows us to feel sorrow. He allows us to suffer. He also allows us to feel joy and peace, serenity and commitment. Without this precious gift, we would not be human. I thank God for the ability to feel joy, despite the capacity to feel pain. God also allows us to pass through hardships. God gave us trials that we might choose. With each challenge, we choose to draw nearer to Him or to withdraw to our own devices. And in the daily struggle through affliction and the daily enjoyment of goodness, happiness, and love, we are invited to simply be. We are who we are because of our collective experiences. These allow us to learn and grow and to become a little more like our Savior through each experience, be it a good one or a difficult one. And in each of these experiences, we are simply invited to raise our voices, such wonderful gifts from a loving Heavenly Father, in song. God gave us voices, so we must sing!