No expense of time or money for this simple Christmas pleasure:
Turn the radio on and get some Christmas tunes permeating the atmosphere. Whether I'm decking halls, wrapping gifts, or frosting cookies, music goes a long way to put me in the mood for Christmas. I'm so grateful for this heavenly expression of heart and soul - God gave us music. Even the stores are piping "Joy to the World" through the air waves. It seems everyone agrees, music helps stir up Christmas spirit.
I had the privilege of hearing portions of Handel's Messiah tonight - live and in person. Imagine sitting in the middle of an old church, with high cathedral ceilings, perfect acoustics, an amazing full orchestra and a talented choir whose clear harmonies filled every corner of the room from floor to ceiling and front to back declaring with one loud and wonderful voice:
"Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth, good will towards men!"
It was great.
Later on, in the comfort of my own home, I turned on my Pandora Christmas music - peaceful classical piano and guitar renditions of familiar carols. It makes the most mundane tasks a little merrier. I don't even mind the snow so much, if there's Christmas music playing somewhere. Eventually I went to our old piano, and plunked out a few Christmas hymns - sometimes I just need to allow my fingers to sing the themes of my heart.
Music is a gift given to us for God's pleasure and for OURS. Wasn't that nice of Him? Furthermore, we can enjoy it and worship Him with it any time of the year, but somehow Christmas is made a little "Christmassier" when there's music playing.
So, c'mon sing out loud and clear - Come Let Us Adore Him!
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