My Journal and Diary
2023
October
Friday, October 20th, 2023
I Will Pray, I Will Sing
This is the song I uploaded as sheet music last week. I'm not sure it's completely done, but I wanted to have something to show you before the weekend!
It's the next part of 1 Corinthians 14:
13 For this reason the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say. 14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. 15 So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding. 16 Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer, say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since they do not know what you are saying? 17 You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified.
18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. 19 But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
I didn't have a lot of time to work on it, because Joanne and I left the kids, and went down to New Jersey in the United States. I served in a church there from 1994 through to 1999. Our oldest boy Lucas was actually born in the USA.
On a whim, in the middle of planning our two boy's weddings, we decided to buy tickets to a band called Switchfoot, who were going to be playing near our old home. This trip was wonderful, because we were able to connect with some friends whom we hadn't seen in 25 years.
God is good. He brings painful memories into his presence, and turns them into something beautiful and transformative.
Thank you for being part of our lives!
Jason and Joanne