12 For you shall go out in joy, and be led back in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall burst into song, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Isaiah speaks of the word of God going out and drawing a burst of song from even the mountains and hills, with clapping from the trees of the field. The hills ARE alive with the sound of music!!!
We may not feel like it much at the moment with everything that seems to be going on, but group singing has many benefits. Physiologically helping people to bond, feel good, help our immune system and even help our tolerance of pain (and possibly bad news)!
I was also intrigued to read that singing Christmas carols was devised as a cure for seasonal depression in cold climates with long winters
We worship together and we sing. Afterwards we go out together, and just possibly, with hope, feel the joy and peace that giving worth to God who sung all into existence might bring.
Just like those hills, mountains and trees!
Rev Ceri
