Do I Have Something to Sing About?

Written By Lynette VanInwegen

Recently I was able to attend an Abigail Miller concert.  She is a Christian singer/songwriter that I had heard on the radio and I really loved her music.  I was so encouraged  by listening to this concert.  The music she sang spoke to my soul and left me stirred for Christ.

I was so impressed by this wife and mother.   She was about seven months pregnant with her 9^th and 10^th child (twins).  She sat at the piano and played and sang for three hours, while taking only one short break.  How often do we wives complain when we sit half that time.  I know the Lord gave her the strength to do it for it was quite obvious.

One of the  first thoughts that came to me as I listened and observed this soul stirring concert, was whether I could have done what she was doing, if I were in her shoes?   

As I listened to her speak and sing the songs the Lord had given her in the midst of her trials, it became quite  obvious that she had a strong, personal relationship with the Lord she sang about.  She has seen many tough times and trials, but it wasn’t the trials that she talked about.  Her testimony was inspiring because  the Lord gave her the inspiration for the beautiful songs-- through the trials.  The hard circumstances actually brought out her inner beauty and gave spiritual strength to her testimony.  Over and over she shared how amazing His grace was in the midst of life’s trials.  She sang with such confidence and faith in the Lord.  As a singer myself, I longed for that same confidence and faith in my Lord.  I want people to look at my life and see my obvious walk with Christ -rather than the trials that I am facing.  I want them to hear the wonderful works of the God I sing about, rather than seeing the emotions I struggle with.  I want them to hear the songs I sing and desire to know the God that I sing about.  I know this comes only by a daily walk with Him and a daily trusting of Him to guide and direct my steps. 

I was encouraged to spend more time with the Lord daily and to spend more time talking with Him so I can develop a better personal relationship with Him.  I long for that “best friend” relationship that I saw evident in Abigail Miller’s life. I truly desire for Him to guide my every step.   

Most of the songs written by Abigail are based upon stories of the Bible.  The Lord speaks to her through the stories and she applies them to her life.  When trials come into her life, she finds her main encouragement and strength in the Word of God.  I find in my life and trials that too many times I seek out a person or a self-help book to give me the answers and encouragement I need.   The Lord showed me that He can do all of that for me if I would just read His word.  I was encouraged to get in to my Bible more and read His Word, searching for answers to my life’s questions from Him.  I found myself getting up the next day anxious to have my time with the Lord and read His Word.  I feel as though I have found a new inspiring Book that I can’t put down.  Really I have had this Book all along. 

I Peter 5:10  “But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.”

I saw in Abigail Miller, a young wife and busy mother,  a life that is strengthened and settled in the Lord.  I desire that for my own life.  I asked the Lord to change me into a person “settled in Him”.    Praise the Lord for what He did in my heart at this concert!  Just imagine what kind of help- meets we would be if we would just spend time ‘knowing Him’!  We would all have more to sing about!