Category: My Weapon Is a Melody

I’ve played this song a lot lately, reminding myself …

Ever feel like God might have dumped you?

When this song gets to “O Angels! O Angels! Look and see!” it makes me cry.

I’ve wielded this song-sword many times. “I won’t give up on giving You the chance to blow my mind.”

I’ve been playing this song, over and over, recently. Its lyrics have nothing to do with demanding answers. This song is just about putting everyone in their proper places.

I’d love to hear thousands of voices singing this praise at the top of their lungs.  Can you imagine?

When Jesus was on the cross, there were two thieves on either side of Him.  I’ve heard the story hundreds of times.  Heard plenty of sermons on it, too.  All the sermons and all my thoughts centered on how one of the bad guy thieves got to go to Paradise, in spite of what he’d done.  Nothing wrong with that message but, for some reason, one day as I listened to this song, another perspective jumped up in my face and took my breath away.

I was listening to this song as I drove in to work one morning, and it felt like God was saying, “I’m singing this to you.”

written by Deborah Oakley Previous Series Post:  Raise a Hallelujah Next Series Post: Emma I heard this song for the first time in 2004.  Initially, while...