In My Heart There Rings a Melody

DEVOTION
EPHESIANS
IN MY HEART THERE RINGS A MELODY
Eph 5:19
19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord,
NIV
I only wish I could actually sing. I admire, or am I jealous of those who have the voice of an angel. I suppose I do envy them, but I do admire them as well. I still think maybe it is tainted with a hint of jealousy. Yet here I see I can simply speak to others with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, I do not have to sing them, which is a good thing. I believe I speak the complete first Psalm to as many people as I can with my book, but I also think it is a good thing to have those types of words on my lips during the course of normal conversation with my fellow believers. All too often I think the conversations of believers are centered on worldly concepts rather than spiritual ones. Sports teams, price of gas, investments, vacations, retirement, difficultly of life, health issues to name a few. I only wish I could break in and speak of these psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. I think I would be considered rude and not listening or paying attention to what they are saying. I might actually believe they may consider me too spiritual. I know some already think I’m a ‘know it all’, and that is bad enough. No, I think I will speak up in the future, I think I should speak up, I think I should speak these words while in the course of conversations with my fellow believers. Let them think whatever, that is their problem. True, I should not be the cause of their sin, nor cause them to stumble, but I should be true to my convictions. This is the Word of God. I know one thing for sure that although I cannot sing and make music on the outside, which seems not to matter to God; I surely am quite able to do such a masterful job of singing and making music in my heart. However, I am perplexed as to why at times these songs, this music do not reflect in my continence. Why my eyes to do reflect the rhythm of my heart, unless there are times no music exists within. This I must work towards. I must be more attentive to the still small voice of God keeping beat, directing the choir of one within so that I may at all times have a spring in my step, a twinkle in my eye, and a smile on my lips because in my heart there rings a melody.