Last night, I was privileged to hear junior and senior high school choirs in their annual Christmas concert. There’s something almost magical about beautiful music. The choirs sang traditional Christmas songs with new and lively interpretations, an excerpt from one of Handel’s oratorios, and a couple of their favorites. The stirring climax came when a group of teachers joined all the choirs together to send the audience home with musical wishes for a merry Christmas.
Music touches chords within us that nothing else can. It speaks without words, stirs emotions that are felt but can never be adequately expressed otherwise.
Music lifts our hearts to soar among heavenly places. It speaks to our deepest longings and joys.
Someone has said that he didn’t care who wrote the laws of a land, just let him write the music. I believe that music is that powerful. We move with an inward beat of music within our souls that has an effect more powerful than we realize. It influences thoughts and deeds. Music is what makes the world go around.
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