My "Melody of Hymns" . . .

I thought I’d written about my "Melody of Hymns" in an earlier post, but upon reviewing my posts I see that I haven’t. Enjoy . . .

Many years ago while working at a place causing me great distress, I felt heaven-led to create a "Melody of Hymns." I found myself in the law offices of the Carroll County Government. I was thrilled at first. I had always wondered what it would be like to work in a law office.

I found as time passed my experience was good for only one thing. I now understood why I don’t like attorneys! They take laws and make them into what they need at the time, whether it is the truth or not. It was indeed a very eye opening experience. (I’m sure there are some excellent men of faith who serve in this field, of course.)

As tears were my partner driving to and from my job each day, I needed something that might cheer my heart. In ushers my "Melody of Hymns." God planted this seed and grew it. I wrote down the first verse of 30 hymns I especially enjoyed, on 3 x 5 index cards, one verse each card. Every day I would sing those verses in the same order.


It only took a few months before those 30 hymn verses were memorized. This discipline has been a great joy in my life. There isn’t a week that goes by that I don’t sing my "Melody of Hymns" at least once.

I taped myself singing these hymns and sometimes would sing with the tape. Now, though, my car doesn’t have a cassette tape player. Since I have more senior moments as time goes by, I need a refresher on some of the words. What can I do? Can I transfer cassette tapes to CDs?

Back then I was younger, my eye sight was good, and I could read the words and drive at the same time. I thought about writing an article about this new discipline but figured no one would publish it because driving and reading would not be good advice.
So, I finally found an avenue to publish it! Arn't you special!

This little discipline I established, under God’s influence, has been a thrill to my heart! The following poem, in the preface of the book Amazing Grace, author unknown, rightly denotes why hymns are such a treasure:

“Hymns breathe the praise of the saints,
The vision of the prophets,
The prayers of the penitent and the spirit of the martyrs.
They bring solace to the sad, assurance to the perplexed,
Faith to the doubter and comfort to the oppressed.
They span the centuries of history and bridge the barriers of denominations.
Study them to be pure in heart;
Sing them to be joyful in sprit,
Store them in the mind to possess a treasury of worship.”

My "Melody of Hymns" is definitely a treasure to me. Why . . . I can even stand my own singing!