LBW #144, "Good Christian Friends, Rejoice and Sing!"
Devotion
I began singing at a young age. My parents spent their wedding money, all $75 of it, to buy a second-hand piano. Every night we sang around that piano and from that time on I was hooked on singing. I sang in my high school and college choirs. Later I became a vocal music teacher. Now I enjoy singing a hymn with the congregation or with a bunch of my colleagues. And we have great songs to sing, don’t we?
Good Christian friends, rejoice and sing! Sing about the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Sing about His victory over death. Sing Alleluia’s until your voice is hoarse and until all have heard about the wonderful triumph of Jesus.
Prayer
Thank you for your gift of eternal life, Jesus. May our joy be expressed daily in new songs of praise to You. Amen.