My college years brought countless memories. New friends. New opportunities. New classes. New majors. New life lessons. New beginnings. New experiences.
Little did I know how auditioning for concert choir would greatly influence the remainder of my life. Rehearsals. Musicals. Committees. Tours. Private voice lessons. Theory. For the rest of my college career, music shaped my life deeper and deeper. Loving music since my earliest years, singing and playing were always a part of me. Now God had opened more doors for me to learn, grow and appreciate His beautiful creation of music.
Musical memories also include moments in the dorm. Devotion times were special during week nights. And they usually began or ended with music. I can still hear the beautiful harmony of those sweet, young voices praising God at night. I can still see us sitting in the lounges sharing our hearts, tears, laughter and voices. I can still remember His incredible Presence as we learned, loved and lived in those halls for that short time.
And I can still remember one of the most beautiful, yet simple, songs we sang together as if it happened yesterday. The words were based on a verse from Psalms. We even divided the song up into a "round" which flowed softly and sweetly among those precious voices. I have never forgotten the faces of those friends or the ways we blended our hearts and lives together at that time and place.
Oh, how I long for that song...that message...that opportunity...that truth...to grow...and flourish...more each day. Of all the beautiful, countless, amazing songs I learned during those college years, the message in this one seems needed, now more than ever, wherever we go. Dear God~May Your love be shared and shown through us...in unity.♥~thl
"How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!" Psalm 133: 1
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