Wednesday, September 21, 2005

The Song of Birthing

The Bible reveals (Isaiah 54) that songlessness - depression, defeat, discouragement, despair - restricts the possible inflow of new life. The spirit of heaviness blankets souls and suffocates hope. But song has a power to explode despair and expand a space for hope to begin...The distinctive thing about Isaiah's words is that the song he calls for is not just a joyous response to an impending birth; the song declares the promise and sets the atmosphere for its fulfillment! There is a possibility in song's sheer dynamic that continues to this day.
-Jack Hayford

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thank You, The Lord brought me to this post, and I read Isaiah 54, and it was what I needed. Isaiah 54:4.