Songs

 Songs

April 7, 2026

Colossians 3:16

16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

There is a song in the old Methodist Hymnal call “There’s a Song in the Air” that reminds me of the admonition in this verse to admonish one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs.

Verse 1

There's a song in the air 

There's a star in the sky 

There's a mother's deep prayer 

And a baby's low cry 

And the star rains its fire 

While the beautiful sing 

For the manger of Bethlehem 

Cradles a King

Verse 4

We rejoice in the light 

And we echo the song 

That comes down thro' the night 

From the heavenly throng 

Ay we shout to the lovely 

Evangel they bring 

And we greet in His cradle 

Our Savior and King

When we rejoice with thankfulness in our hearts, there should be a song in the air. And also, when thee are troubles around, there should also be an encouraging hymn in our ears. This was one of my Mother’s favorite songs and I’m reminded of her in the phrase “There’s a mothers deep prayer, and a baby’s low cry”. I can imagine her singing this when I and my sisters were babies and had reason to cry. A mother’s love will somehow find a way to sing even when the baby’s are crying at night and it seems the dawn will never come. But hope is there and the song reminds us that the dawn will come and the light will shine and that Christ is the King and our troubles will one day be over.

So encourage yourself and one another with songs and hymns and spiritual songs, for Jesus is our savior and king and there is faith, hope and love; and singing will help us find it.