A Melody of Love

I love music. I grew up in a family that stood around the piano and sang together. Even though I wasn't blessed with a musical voice, I love to sing and listen to music. Much of what I learned about Jesus, when I was a child, was through music and the verses we sang. Children learn songs easily, it seems, and they can retain the melody and words for a long time.

My study bible lists nine Psalms that inspired hymns, but I'm sure if you also consider contemporary worship songs, there would be many more. Music has a way of reaching your soul, touching your heart, moving your spirit. It can lift a saddened soul. Music can heal a broken heart. It can transport your spirit to another place and time.

"Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ," (Ephesians 5:19-20 NIV).

What better way to start a week than to fill your mind and soul with a song. One song I remember from childhood is "I Have a Song That Jesus Gave Me," written in 1924 by Elton M. Roth.

"I have a song that Jesus gave me, It was sent from heaven above; There never was a sweeter melody, 'Tis a melody of love." Refrain: "In my heart there rings a melody, There rings a melody with heaven's harmony; In my heart there rings a melody; There rings a melody of love."

"I love the Christ who died on Calvary, For He washed my sins away; He put within my heart a melody, And I know it's there to stay." Refrain.

"'Twill be my endless theme in glory, With the angels I will sing; 'Twill be a song with glorious harmony, When the courts of heaven ring." "In my heart there rings a melody, There rings a melody with heaven's harmony; In my heart there rings a melody; There rings a melody of love."

May your heart sing all day long with a melody of love.