Last week I was talking about the conflicting messages we were exposed to. So the question is, how did Thomas and I, stay on the course, that we started on. Simply because we were taught what Jesus said, “If you abide in my word you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. As we learned to read, to love and to obey His word, we experienced that His grace, would lead us through all the troubles that came our way. The first song that Thomas wrote when he was 22, was to verses 9 through 11 in Psalm 119. “Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse hisway? By taking heed thereto, according to thy word. With my whole heart have I sought thee, O let me not wander from thy commandments. Thy word have I hid in mine heart.” Singing these words, helped make the meaning, come alive in hisheart.
That famous Psalm 119, begins like Psalm One, saying; ”Blessed is the man who walks in the law of the Lord, and it continues with instructions, on how to stay the course. Words like, I will rejoice, I will meditate, make me to understand the way of thy precepts, so then I will speak, of thy wondrous works. Not only we will speak but we will sing. In Psalm 89,1, it is written, “I will singof the mercies of the Lord forever, with my mouth will I make known, your faithfulness to all generations.” This foundation of reading the Bible and singing it, was the most important thing we learned as new Christians. Plus, not to forget, that the Psalms, were writtento be sung!
