Monday, April 20, 2015

I Will Sing Unto the Lord as Long as I Live

When I first started doing mantra posts, I mentioned that before I started on this wonderful mantra journey, I would have said I had two mantras that I lived by. I have since realized that I have many others and I have adopted many new ones (I've written about 17 others on here!)   But I wrote about the first one I had to begin with here.  This is the second one I've tried to live by for many years:  I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live.   It comes from the book of Psalms 104:33,34 :
"I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live;  I will sing praise to my God while have my being.  My meditation of Him shall be sweet:  I will be glad in the Lord."

That is a mantra I think of when deciding if I should participate in a stake or ward choir, or sing at sacrament meeting during the congregational singing, or whenever I'm asked to sing.  It is a commitment I've made. The decision is already made.  I will sing to my Lord as long as I have breath to do so.  It's not about how I sound or what others think or how I feel at the time.  It's between me and the Lord.  And it is one way I can praise Him!  It is one way I can worship Him!   It is one way I can thank Him!  I truly will be glad in the Lord!
This is a picture of Keynotes- the women's group I sing with.  We all have this commitment and it is a goal of our group to bring joy to others and to share our love of the Savior through music.  
To see those 17 other mantras, click here.

4 comments:

Joan Morris said...

Awesome mantra. You are a great example of this! Thanks for sharing your talents and inspiring me.

Pam said...

I am 100% in your corner on this one,Kay! And very well-spoken! I love your aqua blue Keynote scarves!

Kristen Mackrory said...

What a beautiful mantra! I love that it is between you and the Lord. It is not about others. Singing is how you show praise to God. I love knowing that about you. And how wonderful to be surrounded by women who feel the same as you.

Pal & Hatty said...

This is truly a beautiful mantra and I would say that you do live by it with all your heart!!