Apostolic Faith Church
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Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. – Hebrews 2:12
This
morning, I heard a church choir singing a song of praise to the Lord on
the radio. It instantly reminded me of camp
meeting and other times when I have been with a crowd of people
lifting their voices in praise to the Lord. It also reminded me of one
of the hardest
periods of time in my life.
It was a Sunday morning in
May when I awoke unable to speak or sing! Eventually I was able to talk
again, but it was five months before I could sing as
I had before. Many times during those months, while sitting in
church services, the tears would run down my cheeks as those around me
raised their
voices in praise. I wanted so much to sing! I would sing along in my
heart, and mouth the words, but it was not the same.
As the days turned into
weeks, and then months, I consecrated everything I could think of to the
Lord. It became more important to me to do whatever the
Lord wanted me to do than to ever sing another note. I asked the
Lord to help me accept whatever He was trying to teach me, and help me
to be content
as I learned. My voice became even more consecrated to the Lord’s
use than ever before, and I promised Him again that I would only use it
for His glory
and not my own.
It was never discovered
exactly what caused my voice to leave, but just as suddenly as it left,
it came back! Once again I was able to sing praise to the
Lord in the congregation of the righteous.
When I sit in church these
days, I still cry. Not because I cannot sing the notes, but because it
is so precious to praise the Lord “in the midst of the
church.”
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