Makin’ Music

This past weekend, I got to go to one of my happy places – Freed-Hardeman University – for one of my happy events – Makin’ Music. I love the show: the energy of the social clubs, the amazing musical talent displayed, and the friendships revisited. I also love the school where it occurs: the values it upholds, the Christian mentors it employs, and the lifelong lessons it teaches.

As wonderful as the Saturday night show was, the music I was most excited to make was not a pop ballad or rewritten lyrics to an old rock favorite. My favorite songs had quite a different focus. One did occur on Saturday night at the end of the show when around 3,000 joined their voices in singing “A Common Love.” The others happened the next morning when my children and I were blessed to join with around 800 other voices in praise to our God during our morning worship service at Estes church of Christ.

The reason those were my favorite was the audience and the beauty of the harmony raised to His praise. Take a moment and read Revelation 4 and realize with me that the joy of a Makin’ Music weekend at Freed-Hardman – as wonderful as it is – pales in comparison to the eternal joy of praising our Father in heaven.

“Oh come, let us sing to the Lord;

    let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!

Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;

    let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

For the Lord is a great God,

    and a great King above all gods.” ~Psalm 95:1-3

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AUTHOR: Amber Tatum