THE SONG OF CREATION

A long time ago, if time is measurable at all,
God created the universe with a song
Then God created the angels
and other heavenly beings
and taught them this song
Then God created our world
and us with harmony like you’ve never
As God and the heavenly hosts
started up a chorus that continues today

Each one of us has a part of this song given to us at birth
We were all given the ability to use our voice
to share in the song of creation
I think that is why throughout all of history,
People have begun to sing when they want to worship
They sing when they want to pray
And they sing when they want to connect with the community
We sing to grieve and to celebrate
We sing to honor and to praise

Something mystical happens when we join with the song
Whether it is a simple chant, a single note
A complicated choral arrangement or a lullaby
It doesn’t matter if we think we can sing
We just do because it is our nature
It is the angels’ nature
It is God’s nature
To sing.

As we sing, we listen and as we listen, we hear,
And as we hear, we are amazed at the message,
And the simple lesson of creating harmony together.

One of the best things about singing the old way,
without notes or accompaniment
Is that we hear the voices of others much quicker,
And we take the words and the soothing notes
into our bodies deeper.
One of the best things about singing in harmony
is that we can’t do it alone
We discover that together we can make a song
that not one of us can really sing alone.
It feels like magic as the spirit moves among us
As the song speaks to each of us in our particular place
And to all of us as a community
God joins us in this song
The angels join the chorus all day long