Aug.17.01: Light For The Day - "Words and Music" -- Psalms 144:9  I will sing a new song to you, O God;  on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you" -- Psalms 98:4  "Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth,  burst into jubilant song with music" --------------------- "Words And Music" Countless are Your names, countless your dwelling-places; The breadth of your kingdom is beyond our imagination. Even to try and imagine your kingdom is foolish. Yet through words and through music We speak Your name and sing Your praise. Words are the only tools we have to proclaim Your greatness, And music our only means of echoing Your virtue. You put words in our hearts and minds. With words we can describe the glory of Your creation, And so our words can reflect Your glory. You put music we can echo the beauty of heaven, And so our music can express our deepest wish. How can someone as insignificant as me Express the vastness and wonder of Your creation? How can someone as sinful as me Dare to hope for a place in heaven? My only answer lies in the words and the music Which You yourself have given me. -- Nanak ------------------------ -- Psalms 118:14  "The LORD is my strength and my song;  He has become my salvation." -- Psalms 40:3  "He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God.  Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD."