“Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” (Psalm‬ ‭42:11‬ ‭NIV‬‬)

I have long believed that we sing our way out of the dark. Sometimes, we need to sing the song more than once. The Sons of Koran repeat the chorus of their maskil (poem of insight) and so might we.

My own dark tunnel is finally finding some light. Though outdoors, spring isn’t quite cooperating, the inner chambers of my heart are fully thawed and the sun is breaking through the clouds in my countenance. The season is changing and so have I.

There have been several songs played on repeat throughout this long winter. ‘Do It Again’ is an anthem of waiting and over and over it has strengthened my heart. Through no string-tugging of my own, our worship team at church is learning it for next week’s fortieth anniversary service. Last night, they practiced and the chorus wafted like sweet promises into our evening Bible Study.

“I’ve seen You move, come move the mountains. And I believe, I’ll see You do it again. You made a way, where there was no way. And I believe, I’ll see You do it again.”

Sometimes we’ve got to sing the song over and over again. Sometimes we sing it stubborn against the darkness. Sometimes we sing, newly strengthened, on the other side of victory. It doesn’t seem to matter where we sing, as long as we keep singing. Keep trusting. Keep reminding ourselves over and over of the promises until we believe them with every fiber of our being.

And then we keep on singing so we can convince someone else.

“I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.” (‭‭Psalm‬ ‭104:33‬ ‭NIV‬‬)

Lord, give us the strength to keep singing in the dark. Set a chorus in our souls and put it on repeat as we claw our way out. Keep us singing when the storm clouds clear. Let our song convince another of Your story. Amen.