Song thoughts

Dress Rehearsal last night for the concert tonight…very grateful for the Foothills Philharmonic Chorus.  Singing is very good for the soul.  The lyrics, the harmonies, the complex arrangements, all the concentration it takes to get it ‘just right’.  Blessed to look out and watch one, eyes closed, taking it in, being restored by the beauty of the song,  Blessed to be a part of this redemptive act.  Beauty for ashes, oil of joy for mourning, a garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.  Melt away rest of the world with all your persistent troubles…you have no place here.