I will sing a NEW song
“I will sing a NEW song.” I got this forever inked on my forearm a while back, and those that have seen it might think it is a nod to lyrics from my favorite band, U2. To an extent it is, I did exhaustively search through handwritten lyrics to have that line scribbled there in Bono font. The lyrics to U2’s song go: “I waited patiently for the Lord, He inclined and heard my cry, He brought me up out of the pit, out of the mire and clay, I will sing, sing a new song.” While those are great lyrics, to a great song, by a great band, they are really the words written by King David in Psalm 40. Last summer, our church was planning a series entitled, “A Summer of Psalms.” I was asked if I might give one of the messages in that series, and I was excited to oblige. Of course I would speak on Psalm 40, how could I not? As I prepared to give that message, I could never have fathomed how important and deeply meaningful to me that Psalm 40 would become. A year ago, on July 4, 2023, a ...