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Dexu Xia
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Reason to Sing
Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things. Psalm 98:1
When I was thirteen, my school required students to take four exploratory courses, including home economics, art, choir, and woodworking. On my first day in choir, the instructor called each student to the piano individually to hear their voices and place them in the room according to their vocal range. During my turn at the piano, I sang the notes she played multiple times, but wasn’t directed to a section in the room. Instead, after repeated tries, she sent me to the counseling office to find a different class to take. From that moment on, I felt I shouldn’t sing at all, that my voice shouldn’t be heard in song.
I carried that thought with me for more than a decade until I read Psalm 98 as a young adult. The writer opens with an invitation to “sing to the Lord” (Psalm 98:1). The reason offered has nothing to do with the quality of our voices; He delights in all His children’s songs of thanksgiving and praise. Instead, we are invited to sing because God “has done marvelous things” (v. 1).
Take a moment to joyfully praise the Lord for all He has done.
The psalmist points out two wonderful reasons to joyfully praise God in song and in attitude: His saving work in our lives and His ongoing faithfulness toward us. In God’s choir, we each have a place to sing of the marvelous things He has done.
Lord, You have done great things in my life. Even if my voice isn’t one that would be heard on stage, I want to join the choir in thanking You for the amazing things You’ve done.
God loves to hear the voices of His children.
理应欢唱
你们要向耶和华唱新歌！因为祂行过奇妙的事。-诗篇98篇1节
我十三岁时，学校要求学生选修四门兴趣探索课程，包括：家政、艺术、合唱和木工。在合唱课第一天，指导老师要每个学生个别到钢琴旁边试唱，好依学生的音质、音域而分部。轮到我的时候，老师弹了好几个音要我试唱。可是我不但没被分派到任何音部，反而在重唱几次之后，老师就要我去重新选修其他课程。从那一刻起，我就认为自己根本不该唱歌，我的声音不适合唱歌。
我抱持这样的想法超过十年之久。一直到我成年之后，读了诗篇98篇，才有所改观。诗人一开始就向众人发出邀请：“向耶和华唱新歌”（诗篇98篇1节），这并不关乎我们的音质，而是上帝喜爱听祂儿女吟唱感恩和赞美之歌。我们受邀向上帝唱歌，乃因“祂行过奇妙的事”（1节）。
诗人要我们以欢欣鼓舞的歌声和态度赞美上帝，并指出两个欢唱的原因。那就是，祂在我们生命中所成就的救赎大工，以及祂永远以信实恩待我们。在上帝的合唱团里，每个人都占有一席之地，歌咏祂所行的奇妙事迹。
主啊，祢在我生命中成就了何等的大事。
即使我的声音并非像歌唱家那般悦耳动听，
但我仍想以歌声感谢祢所行的一切奇事。
上帝乐于听到祂儿女的歌声
Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things. Psalm 98:1
When I was thirteen, my school required students to take four exploratory courses, including home economics, art, choir, and woodworking. On my first day in choir, the instructor called each student to the piano individually to hear their voices and place them in the room according to their vocal range. During my turn at the piano, I sang the notes she played multiple times, but wasn’t directed to a section in the room. Instead, after repeated tries, she sent me to the counseling office to find a different class to take. From that moment on, I felt I shouldn’t sing at all, that my voice shouldn’t be heard in song.
I carried that thought with me for more than a decade until I read Psalm 98 as a young adult. The writer opens with an invitation to “sing to the Lord” (Psalm 98:1). The reason offered has nothing to do with the quality of our voices; He delights in all His children’s songs of thanksgiving and praise. Instead, we are invited to sing because God “has done marvelous things” (v. 1).
Take a moment to joyfully praise the Lord for all He has done.
The psalmist points out two wonderful reasons to joyfully praise God in song and in attitude: His saving work in our lives and His ongoing faithfulness toward us. In God’s choir, we each have a place to sing of the marvelous things He has done.
Lord, You have done great things in my life. Even if my voice isn’t one that would be heard on stage, I want to join the choir in thanking You for the amazing things You’ve done.
God loves to hear the voices of His children.
理应欢唱
你们要向耶和华唱新歌！因为祂行过奇妙的事。-诗篇98篇1节
我十三岁时，学校要求学生选修四门兴趣探索课程，包括：家政、艺术、合唱和木工。在合唱课第一天，指导老师要每个学生个别到钢琴旁边试唱，好依学生的音质、音域而分部。轮到我的时候，老师弹了好几个音要我试唱。可是我不但没被分派到任何音部，反而在重唱几次之后，老师就要我去重新选修其他课程。从那一刻起，我就认为自己根本不该唱歌，我的声音不适合唱歌。
我抱持这样的想法超过十年之久。一直到我成年之后，读了诗篇98篇，才有所改观。诗人一开始就向众人发出邀请：“向耶和华唱新歌”（诗篇98篇1节），这并不关乎我们的音质，而是上帝喜爱听祂儿女吟唱感恩和赞美之歌。我们受邀向上帝唱歌，乃因“祂行过奇妙的事”（1节）。
诗人要我们以欢欣鼓舞的歌声和态度赞美上帝，并指出两个欢唱的原因。那就是，祂在我们生命中所成就的救赎大工，以及祂永远以信实恩待我们。在上帝的合唱团里，每个人都占有一席之地，歌咏祂所行的奇妙事迹。
主啊，祢在我生命中成就了何等的大事。
即使我的声音并非像歌唱家那般悦耳动听，
但我仍想以歌声感谢祢所行的一切奇事。
上帝乐于听到祂儿女的歌声
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