{"id":218,"date":"2015-11-16T15:46:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T20:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2015\/11\/16\/do-you-hear-that-god-is-singing\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T15:17:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T20:17:39","slug":"do-you-hear-that-god-is-singing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2015\/11\/16\/do-you-hear-that-god-is-singing\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Hear That, God is Singing&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-jILoGCp2FYg\/VkozXIePWeI\/AAAAAAAAE9Q\/HQtGz3KJmuA\/s1600\/Jesus%2Brejoicing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-jILoGCp2FYg\/VkozXIePWeI\/AAAAAAAAE9Q\/HQtGz3KJmuA\/s400\/Jesus%2Brejoicing.jpg\" width=\"357\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Zephaniah 3:17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><sup>17\u00a0<\/sup>The <span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">Lord<\/span>, your God, is in your midst,<br \/>\na warrior who gives victory;<br \/>\nhe will rejoice over you with gladness,<br \/>\nhe will renew you<sup data-fn=\"#fen-NRSV-22838a\" data-link=\"[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-NRSV-22838a&quot; title=&quot;See footnote a&quot;&gt;a&lt;\/a&gt;]\">[<a title=\"See footnote a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Zephaniah+3%3A17&amp;version=NRSV#fen-NRSV-22838a\">a<\/a>]<\/sup> in his love;<br \/>\nhe will exult over you with loud singing<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You know how excited you get when you lose something and then find it&#8230;<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Can you imagine how God must feel when one who is lost comes to him and is found&#8230;born anew&#8230;the light is turned on in their souls and they become a new creature in Christ&#8230;<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">There is a party that goes on in heaven when that happens, the angels celebrate!<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But like this verse says God will exult over you with&#8217; LOUD SINGING!!!!!<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Can you grasp the Creator of the Universe, the Almighty God, the Ancient of Age&#8230;Throwing his head back, mouth opened wide, lungs filled with air,\u00a0he\u00a0begins singing over you?<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">If you could comprehend that&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">What would be the words of the song?<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">What would God sing over you?<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Think about it for a moment&#8230;<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Words like;<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">My precious child&#8230;my darling, my love, my sweet, sweet baby&#8230;<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I&#8217;ve longed for you to come to me for the longest time&#8230;<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I&#8217;ve counted the days; I&#8217;ve watched you from afar&#8230;<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I&#8217;ve prayed that you would give your heart and life to me; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">I gently wooed you&#8230;<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I sang you to me&#8230;<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And then with a loud boisterous song&#8230;the words ring out&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">You&#8217;re finally here with me&#8230;<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I love you more than you can ever fathom, I will shower you with kisses and happiness<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I don&#8217;t have to wait another moment&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">You are here, forever, in my heart! <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">I&#8217;m so thankful you are home.<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Something to ponder&#8230;<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">God waits too&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">He&#8217;s merciful and gracious and longs to have a relationship with us!<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But He will not go against our free will&#8230;<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Give Him all your heart&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">Just as you have that longing for your children to love you, and call you, when they are away&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">God feels the same way~<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And when one comes home&#8230;listen&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">God is\u00a0singing a loud song&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">He is rejoicing&#8230;over one who was lost<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">But now is found!<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">~Marla Shaw O&#8217;Neill 11\/16\/2015<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zephaniah 3:17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) \u00a0 17\u00a0The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; 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