Dear Friends,
I love Sunday mornings. It is a chance to come together and sing,
and worship, and pray, and fellowship with other believers. And this Sunday was
particularly special for me as we sang a worship song that always lifts my
heart, causes me to raise my hands and yes, even moves my feet to dancing
like I might do in one of those good old a Pentecostal Churches. I did a little
of that yesterday, probably much to the surprise of many who were sitting
behind me, and who were probably wondering what had happened to
that 79-year-old white haired pastor.
Raise a Halleluiah was written in a time of impending tragedy. The
writer, Jonathan Helser felt inspired to write it at the time when a little
child in the church was close to going home to the Lord. Sorrow and sadness had
enveloped the church as the news of the little boy’s situation quickly traveled
through the pews.
It was then that Randy picked up his guitar and with his wife sang
a song he had just written; it was a song I will never forget. As I heard it
sung for the first time while watching it on my computer, torrents of
tears started falling, and I remember getting up from my computer and lifting
my hands heavenward as I began singing and praising God, right along with the
Bethel congregation.
Oh, I am grateful for all the great hymns that have been written
and sung throughout the ages, and I look forward to the few times when we still
sing them, but I do love those new and wonderful contemporary Christian
classics which have touched so many hearts.
“Raise a Hallelujah” is my devotional for the day, and I hope it
will speak to your heart as it did to mine yesterday, and as it does every time
I hear it sung.
I encourage you to click on the link below and spend the next few
minutes raising your hands -it’s OK for no one is looking but God- and lifting
your voices in praise as you sing along with the Bethel congregation as they
celebrate one of the great victories in the life of that church, the
healing of a child.
Yours in faith and friendship,
Tom
Click on Raise a Hallelujah:
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