Dec.04.01: Light For The Day - "The Violin"
 
-- Psalms 40:3 (TEV)
"He taught me to sing a new song,
a song of praise to our God.
Many who see this will take warning
and will put their trust in the LORD."
 
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 "The Violin"
 
 Alone and so silent
 This lost violin without a bow
 That no one has touched
 And no one even knows
 
 Trapped in a deaf world
 I was locked in my case
 Too quiet to hear
 The tears crying on my face
 
 Until one love morning
 My world was opened wide
 Angels from Heaven shouted
 While silence ran to hide
 
 God's hands reached deep
 And lifted my soul and sin
 He cradled me in His arms
 Placing my heart to His chin
 
 The comfort I felt
 Was like never before
 I knew He was the love
 I'd been waiting for
 
 He said,"My dear violin
 I'll make you mine
 And touch your soul
 With music divine"
 
 He took a bloody cross
 And made it into a bow
 To strike across my soul
 To reveal the scars below
 
 For only His cross
 Can make this violin cry
 When the sins of my past
 Remember to lie
 
 For with each painful stroke
 Across the bridge of my soul
 The blood from His bow
 Washed my heart completely whole
 
 Now this violin
 Forever will play
 Melodies of Heaven
 And dreams of eternal days
 
 For the sweetest song
 I shall ever sing
 Is when Your peace
 Caresses my strings
 
 -- Darren Maybee
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-- Psalm 33:3,4 (RSV)
 
"Sing to Him a new song,
play skilfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
For the word of the LORD is upright;
and all His work is done in faithfulness."