Ain'ta That Good News?!: TRUMPET SOUND

SCRIPTURE

Luke 1:57-80 (NRSV)

The birth of John the Baptist

Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him Zechariah after his father. But his mother said, "No; he is to be called John." They said to her, "None of your relatives has this name." Then they began motioning to his father to find out what name he wanted to give him. He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, "His name is John." And all of them were amazed. Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue freed, and he began to speak, praising God. Fear came over all their neighbors, and all these things were talked about throughout the entire hill country of Judea. All who heard them pondered them and said, "What then will this child become?" For, indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him.

Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke this prophecy:
"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
for he has looked favorably on his people and redeemed them.
He has raised up a mighty savior for us
in the house of his servant David,
as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
that we would be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us.
Thus he has shown the mercy promised to our ancestors,
and has remembered his holy covenant,
the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham,
to grant us that we, being rescued from the hands of our enemies,
might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness
before him all our days.
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
to give knowledge of salvation to his people
by the forgiveness of their sins.
By the tender mercy of our God,
the dawn from on high will break upon us,
to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace."
The child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he appeared publicly to Israel.

MEDITATION—Today is Saturday Psalmody! Today, the meditation is offered as a psalm from my heart. If you would like a more traditional devotion, please search the archives for a title that appeals to you! (smile)

TRUMPET SOUND

Brother John

You were born to be a trumpet

Playing in the night

A high sounding melody

Drifting on the air

Notes

Melody

Caressing my heart

Calling me home.

Brother John

You were born to be a harbinger

A flag

A sign

Of things to come

Melodies

Sweet and strong

Music

Inside my heart

Singing of love

Joy and peace

Unlike any I have ever known

Brother John

Crying in the wilderness

Preparing us

To welcome our king

Melody so sweet

Speaking of eternal things

Great love

Great pain

Great suffering

Great triumph

Dark notes

Sad notes

Mournful notes

Play on and on in my ears

Long, deep soulful

Melodies

And then silence.

Brother John

Tears streaming down your face

They’ve taken our Lord

And we do not know where to find him

Tinny, reedy, weak notes

Barely there notes

Devoid of hope

Notes

Drifting on the air

Brother John

Is your trumpet

To be silenced

FOREVER…

No,

there

From far away

Quiet at first

Getting louder

Three days

Then blow your trumpet John!

Blow your trumpet loud and proud!

Brother John

Parade’s a coming

Great victory

Triumph

Resurrection music

Notes dancing on the air

Into every heart

Redemption music

Loud and clear

Laughing up the scales

Brother John

Playin’ follow me music

Leads the band

Right into eternity

Brother John…

Play your song!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

If you would like to put all of your hope in Jesus today, please visit my blog entitled, “Putting All Your Hope In Jesus” located at
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