Middle Tennessee is full of songwriters. Good ones, bad ones, mopey ones, upbeat ones. Songwriting is about creating something new and then sharing it with the world. You pour out your emotions, your hopes, and your dreams, into the music, and you share yourself with the world through your song.
God is like a songwriter. God as creator creates every day, every moment, anew. As creator, God pours Himself into the world that is continuing created and recreated. Every sunset, every rainstorm, is a unique creation that is unlike any other.
The Psalmist invites us to sing a new song to the Lord and to the world. This invitation is extended to us because as God's children, we are called to model ourselves after the One who sings a new song to us and to the world. Every day, God invites us to write a new song, a new way of being God's child. The details are left up to us, as a songwriter faces an empty page to fill up with music, or a painter faces a blank canvas. God wants our lives to be a unique expression of love of God and love of our neighbor. We are given the freedom to create any song that we want, to make our discipleship uniquely our own.
If we are faithful, our lives will be filled with joy and wonder at the beauty of God's handiwork. And every day we will wake up like a singer songwriter, eager to write a new song and present the song at the open mike night at our local coffee house. We will be continually searching for new ways to be disciples, and grateful that each new day presents a unique opportunity to live as God's people. If we try to do things the same every day, we are fighting our own nature, and more importantly, the nature of the God who is the creator and redeemer of all that is. We will always be creating and singing a new song.
Supporting the work and mission of Caney Spring United Methodist Church and Berlin United Methodist Church, two churches partnered in the ministry of making disciples of Christ for the transformation of the world, located in Marshall County, Tennessee.
